Acronym CLIMAR
Category
Fisheries
Title Evaluation of climate change impacts and adaptation responses for marine activities Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Dries Van den Eynde Coordinator email Dries.VandenEynde@mumm.ac.be
Coordinator institution
MUMM - Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (Belgium)
Institutions involved
BELSPO - Belgian Science Policy Office (Belgium) ,
Start year 2006 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 1,099,923 Website https://climate-adapt.eea.europa.eu/metadata/projects/evaluation-of-climate-change-impacts-and-adaptation-responses-for-marine-activities Summary Based on the recommendations of the IPCC, Kyoto-Protocol and relevant national strategic documents, scientific research is needed to assess the impact of climate change, specifically on the vulnerable marine ecosystem and its users. While preventive source measures such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions are necessary to tackle the problem at long term, meanwhile adaptive measures are necessary to cope with the primary and secondary impacts of climate change in the North Sea. Furthermore, instruments are needed that can evaluate the adaptation measures on their sustainability, their impact on marine activities and their relation with preventive measures and sectoral policies. The main object of the project is the elaboration of an evaluation framework for adaptation scenario’s/measures as a response to climate induced impacts, and this for the total North Sea environment (e.g. ecological, social and economical). Research and modelling will be carried out to differentiate the primary impacts of climate change from the natural evolution at the North Sea scale. These primary impacts include sea level rise, increased storminess, possible increased rainfall, erosion, temperature changes, salinity, etc. Then secondary impacts of climate change both on the ecological system of the North Sea as well as on social-economic activities (fisheries, transport & harbour, dredging, risk for flooding, wind energy, etc.) will be assessed. Two extensive case-studies (coastal flooding, fisheries sector) have high extrapolation potential towards the global North Sea environment. Adaptive measures will be formulated both for the ecosystem as well as for the other marine activities.
Keywords
Impacts;
Economy;
Climate change;
Marine Region
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Eastern English Channel (27.VIId)
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Central North Sea (27.IVb)
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Southern North Sea (27.IVc)
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Marine Region Map
