Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
The July 2020 Newsletter of the IGU CCS has been released and ready to read!
The Commission on Coastal Systems (CCS) to the International Geographical Union (IGU) is glad to release its July 2020 Newsletter. The CCS Newsletter is issued twice a year and highlights the activities of Commission on Coastal Systems and its members all across the world.
The July 2020 CCS Newsletter can be read also here!
CCMS at the MARSPLAN-BS II First Advisory Board Meeting & Interdisciplinary Workshop “Blue Synergy” 9-10 July 2020, Burgas, Bulgaria
The First Advisory Board Meeting of MARSPLAN - BS II Project (Cross-border Maritime Spatial Planning for Black Sea – Bulgaria and Romania), was successfully conducted on 9 of July 2020 at the Exhibition Center Flora, Burgas, Bulgaria. Due to the security measures related to Covid-19, the distinguished international experts, members of the project Advisory Board, as well as the Romanian partners, attended the meeting through video-conference, while the Bulgarian project partners had the opportunity to attend the meeting in person.
ONLINE SEMINAR “MSPROADMAP - ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF MARINE/MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING” 29 JUNE 2020
CCMS experts participated at the Online Seminar “MSProadmap - Economic Impacts of Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning” conducted on 29 July 2020 and jointly organized by the European Commission` European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) and UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO).
All roads lead to retreat: adapting to sea level rise using a trigger-based pathway
As coastal communities all over the world deal with the consequences of rising sea-level and more intense storm events, planners and managers continue to grapple with the optimal policy approach to managing increasing risks to coastal ecosystems, people and property.
The impact of rising sea levels and coastal erosion will see shorelines retreat steadily and provide major challenges for planning authorities, according to a research that involved The University of Western Australia, and was contracted to GHD consultancy firm.