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Project title

Methodologies for Financing and Costing of Climate Impacts and Future Adaptation Actions

Primary Funding Agency

Environmental Protection Agency

Co-Funding Organisation(s)

n/a

Lead Organisation

Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd.

Lead Applicant

n/a

Project Abstract

Extreme weather events are becoming increasingly common and the negative impacts on the built environment and associated infrastructure are becoming increasingly more damaging. Strategic planning is needed to establish a management framework to minimise the impact of such events. The TACT project will develop a methodology for quantifying the losses associated with extreme flood events for urban areas in Ireland due to the impacts on transport infrastructure, coastal assets and the built environment. The framework will be tested for a selected region to quantify the direct and indirect losses and to demonstrate how the framework can be implemented at cross-sectoral level to quantify impacts of adaptation measures in terms of risk reduction and investment costs. Extreme weather hazard scenarios including river and coastal flooding, and various future climate change scenarios will be considered. The project will investigate adaptation strategies, including hard and soft engineering measures. The ultimate aim of the TACT project is to establish a cross-sectoral risk assessment methodology and adaptation planning framework that can be used to inform climate change adaptation policy in Ireland.

Grant Approved

�96,414.32

Research Hub

n/a

Research Theme

Ireland's Future Climate, its Impacts, and Adaptation Options

Start Date

03/12/2018

Initial Projected Completion Date

02/12/2019