Climate Change is a significant issue which will have far reaching consequences for coastal regions and our biosphere. Biosphere Partner Fingal County Council has teamed up with Cardiff University to host Coastal Communities Adapting Together (CCAT), a free online conference for sharing knowledge and best practice in coastal management running each morning from 17 to 19 November 2020.

The conference facilitates sharing of knowledge and experience between policy makers, local authorities, academics and communities from Ireland, Wales and England, building on existing best practice in coastal management, climate change adaptation and mitigation.

The conference facilitates sharing of knowledge and experience between policy makers, local authorities, academics and communities from Ireland, Wales and England, building on existing best practice in coastal management, climate change adaptation and mitigation.

The Coastal Communities Adapting Together (CCAT) project is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Ireland Wales Cooperation Programme 2014-2020 with partners in Ireland (Fingal County Council, University College Dublin and MaREI/University College Cork) and in Wales (Cardiff University, Pembrokeshire Coastal Forum and the Port of Milford Haven).

CCAT aims to support coastal communities in Fingal and Pembrokeshire to understand climate change in their local area and how to adapt.

The project is engaging communities using augmented and virtual reality, games such as Minecraft and online learning resources to help communities better understand how climate change is affecting their local area, supporting communities in becoming more resilient to the effects of climate change.