ZMT - Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung

Through trans-, multi- and interdisciplinary approaches and pathways, BEACONSplus will enhance the capacities of coastal communities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for climate and ocean change-adaptation and support them in increasing their resilience. The pathway towards this aim includes co-design and co-creation with coastal communities for identifying common and regionally specific challenges, developing, expanding and mutually sharing a range of solutions, and through giving local communities a voice and global visibility for raising mutual awareness of challenges and pathways to socio-ecological adaptation. Through the network of coastal Beacon Sites and a digital interface and communication platform, all solutions, good practices and failures will be made fully accessible to all communities. To this end, a comprehensive coastal resilience toolbox, incl. approaches and guidelines towards conserving and restoring coastal ecosystems, and both scientific and traditional knowledge, will be implemented and tested by and throughout BEACONSplus.

With this aim, BEACONSplus will build on parts of the existing All-Atlantic Network of Coastal Resilience Beacon Sites, further develop the All-Atlantic Coastal Resilience Hub, and implement a Resilience Similarity Platform and the Atlantic Together Initiative. BEACONSplus views empowerment and agency of coastal communities as central goals, achieved by enabling communities to participate actively in decision-making through a multi-actor approach rather than having solutions imposed from outside.

Funded by the European Union – Horizon Europe, Grant Agreement No. 101286863. Views expressed reflect only the project team and not necessarily those of the EU.