Dynamic and INteractive ASsessment of National, Regional and Global Vulnerability of COASTal Zones to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise (DINAS-COAST)

Description:

DINAS-COAST is an integrated modelling project that combines science and data from a range of different disciplines to help policymakers interpret and evaluate coastal vulnerability. 

An integrated methodology/assessment tool called DIVA has been developed to assess the consequences of a range of mitigation and adaptation scenarios. It included an extensive library of climate scenarios, derived from a climate system model of intermediate complexity, as well as socio-economic scenarios, a set of impact modules to assess changes in flood risk, wetland losses and socio-economic impacts, and an adaptation assessment module that includes both autonomous and planned adaptation.

Project information

Lead

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)Prof. Hans-Joachim Schellnhuber

Partners

Flood Hazard Research Centre (FHRC) (UK); DELFT HYDRAULICS (NL); MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY (UK); Universitaet Hamburg, Department of global change and natural system (DE)

Source of funding

FP 5