Operation CLIC Europe

Operation CLIC Europe is a research and innovation application to the work programme: Disaster resilience and climate change, call reference H2020-DRS-9-2014. The call aims to transform the EU into a more globally active player in climate change (CC) adaptation and initiate coherent action across Europe.

The need for Operation CLIC Europe is shown by the importance of the coastal zone and its vulnerability and risk from CC impacts. Approximately 50% of Europe’s population live within 50km of the shoreline, and the coastal zone itself supports numerous key industries and activities. This includes high levels (€500-1000 bn) of infrastructural assets which are located within 0.5km of Europe’s coast.

The project will empower stakeholders / sectors with spatially and temporally scalable climate change visualisation, assessment and planning tools to foster proactive planning and informed decision-making throughout the EU’s coastal and marine territories, incorporating current research on science-based assessment and adaptation methodologies with state-of-the-art tools to visualise social and economic impact valuation. Metrics linked to EU initiatives and cross border issues on adaptation planning will result in a framework for a European Adaptation Planning System.

To address the aims of the call, the project will evaluate CC impacts, vulnerabilities, policies and risks to identify and assess the performance of adaptation measures. Assessing tools for cross-sectoral vulnerability and risk assessments, considering long-term climate change and extreme events for Europe, will provide a standard methodology addressing economic, social and environmental consequences resulting from planned adaptation measures. Active engagement/participation of stakeholders will yield state-of-the-art pan-European decision support tools and solutions for end-users to inform CC adaptation plans and implementation across Europe.