Caribbean network for coastal risks related with climate change (CaribCoast)

The Carib-Coast project ambition is to pool, co-construct and disseminate monitoring and coastal risk prevention approaches and adaptation to climate change. The associated challenges primarily concern the safety of goods and persons, but also the tourism economy linked to the preservation of beaches and the natural heritage of these interface environments, rich in biodiversity (mangroves, coral reefs, sea grass beds).

It is organized around four work modules:

1. Project coordination and management
2. Observation and modeling of coastal hydrodynamics (creation of a hydrodynamic modelling catalogue for the simulation of current and future hazards)
3. Coastal erosion monitoring and Mitigation (developing existing observatories and sharing of good practices around a common protocol)
4. Tools for decision support, risk management, adaptation and restoration of ecosystem services (providing decision support tools for the prevention of natural coastal risk)