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Adapt4Coast Webinar: Tools to enhance climate change adaptation in coastal areas
Description Climate change has severe impacts on coastal areas and communities, such as: social and economic damage; Property and infrastructure damage; Coastal submersion and erosion; Threats on human health and safety; Loss of coastal wetlands and biodiversity. Coastal resilience is thus a key environmental mitigation strategy. Teaming up as the Adapt4Coast Cluster, 4 EU-funded projects (SCORE,…
Read MoreWebinar – Mapping the baseline exposure and risk of extreme climate impacts on coastal cities
This webinar is the 8th episode in the SCORE webinar series! SCORE Webinar #8 – Mapping the baseline exposure and risk of extreme climate impacts on coastal cities Description In the SCORE project, we aim to mitigate the impacts of sea-level rise and climate change in ten European coastal cities. This will be achieved…
Read MoreJoint policy recommendations for climate adaptation in European coastal cities
An outcome of the SCORE international workshop The SCORE international workshop, held in Barcelona during the Open Living Lab Days, gathered ten living labs, including eight SCORE Coastal City Living Labs, to share their experiences and successes. As an outcome of the discussions, a policy brief was produced. It highlights the most important policy recommendations…
Read MoreWebinar – The SCORE Digital Twin: the application of smart technologies against climate change
This webinar is the 7th episode in the SCORE webinar series! SCORE Webinar #7: The SCORE Digital Twin: the application of smart technologies against climate change Description The SCORE project is developing a GIS-Based Early Warning Support and Digital Twin Platform aiming to offer a virtual environment in which various climate change scenarios and…
Read MoreSCORE Climate Adaptation training school – Second edition
The SCORE project is launching the second edition of its SCORE Climate Adaptation training school. Several activities will take place online and in all our Coastal City Living Labs. Programme 20 March 2024, 11:00 – 12:30 (CET) | Online lecture on Community-Based Coastal Monitoring 21 March 2024, 12:00 – 17:00 (CET) & Throughout the week…
Read MoreWebinar: Engaging and empowering citizens with low-cost sensors for monitoring climate change hazards
This webinar is the 6th episode in the SCORE webinar series! SCORE Webinar #6: Engaging and empowering citizens with low-cost sensors for monitoring climate change hazards Description Citizen science plays a crucial role in monitoring climate change by engaging ordinary citizens in data collection and analysis, expanding the scope of climate observation and empowering…
Read MoreJoin the Clean Coasts Roadshow in County Sligo, Ireland
Join our partner ATU Sligo for the Clean Coasts Roadshow, organised with Sligo County Council’s Community Climate Action Fund (Ireland), on Saturday, 20 January 2024, from 11am to 1pm. This event aims to highlight funding opportunities for communities, integrate Nature-based solutions for climate resilience, and showcase coastal projects currently taking place in the region. The…
Read MoreEcosystem-based adaptation to address climate-related challenges in coastal cities and regions
SCORE has facilitated multiple criteria analysis workshops in all its Coastal City Living Labs to assess Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions. Climate change adaptation solutions vary – from hard engineering solutions, such as dikes and embankments, to ecosystem-based adaptation (EBAs), such as retention ponds and rainwater gardens, or a combination of these. Through the years, interest in…
Read MoreInnovative citizen science activities to tackle climate change in coastal areas
SCORE is developing and carrying on various citizen science activities to involve local communities in innovative co-warning and co-monitoring activities for improving resilience to extreme weather events. Numerous cities from Europe are grappling with climate change-induced sea-level rise, double the global average. Acknowledging the pressing need for action, the SCORE project introduces an innovative approach…
Read MoreWebinar: From Global to Local scale: Predicting the effects of climate change on coastal cities
This webinar is the 5th episode in the SCORE webinar series! SCORE Webinar #5 | From Global to Local scale: Predicting the effects of climate change on coastal cities Description Much of our knowledge of the effects of climate change comes from projection models whose results are provided by climate services, such as the…
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