C5a - Flood risk management

C5a: What and why?

The North Sea Region (NSR) is facing a significant increase in the frequency and severity of flooding in response to climate change. Approaches to flood management urgently need to adapt to this new reality to keep people safe, the environment healthy and our economies prosperous.
The Cluster for Cloud to Coast Climate Change Adaptation (C5a) project aims to deliver a 'Cloud-to-Coast' (C2C) approach to flood risk management.

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Purpose of the project

Our all-encompassing, systematic approach will integrate four constituent systems: the basin, coasts, cities, and infrastructural networks. This should enable the development of sustainable and integrated flood risk solutions across the North Sea Region. For this purpose, we have built upon the results of seven ongoing Interreg NSR projects to ensure that our approach is demonstrably practically based.

We will realise this project in the form of seven pilot projects (such as the Zwin in Flanders) and specially set up working groups, in which policymakers are brought together to exchange experiences and working methods. Both local and international networks will also be used in order to raise awareness and acceptance for this integrated approach.

C5a in Europe

In this project, 10 partners from six countries are working together on common solutions in water management.

Project type: Interreg VB North Sea Region