This talk will give an overview of the Promoting Adaptation to Changing Coasts (PACCo) project, the Environment Agency’s approach to climate change adaptation and the challenges and benefits.

PACCo is a coastal climate adaptation project aimed at taking pre-emptive action on two intertidal estuaries threatened by sea level rise. One in Devon (the Lower Otter Restoration Project) and the other in Normandy (Basse Saâne: 2050). This international partnership project will see two estuaries restored, nature enhanced and the historical infrastructure associated with two river valleys protected.

The aim of PACCo is to show that it is possible for many estuaries and coasts to adapt to climate change. It will also create a transferable model of how this can be done, informed by the experiences of the two case study sites.

Speakers

- Dr Lydia Burgess Gamble – PACCo Project Manager, Environment Agency

-Dr Sam Bridgewater – Head of Wildife & Conservation, Clinton Devon Estates

-Mike Williams, PACCo Senior User, Environment Agency

Photo credit

KOR Communications

DWT is not directly involved with the Lower Otter Restoration Project, but the trust supports the project’s vision of restoring natural processes to the otter estuary.