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Environmental Studies & Engineering Autumn Course

Coastal Resilience to Sea Level Rise

When:

24 November - 19 December 2025

School:

FERS School

Institution:

CMCC Foundation - Advanced Training and Education Center

City:

Forlì

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Credits:

0 EC

Fee:

800 EUR

registration deadline 19 October 2025
Interested?
Coastal Resilience to Sea Level Rise

About

Sea level rise is one of the most pressing challenges facing coastal communities, ecosystems, and infrastructure around the world.

This hybrid course, organized by the Future Earth Research School of the CMCC Foundation (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Foundation) and the Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience (DCC-CR) in collaboration with the supercomputing center CINECA, offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary in-depth analysis of the physical, environmental, and socio-economic dimensions. It explores the driving physical processes as well as the human and ecological impacts. Through three online modules and an in-person, hands-on training week, participants will study challenges and solutions associated with Sea Level Rise and learn to perform risk assessment. The course will cover risk management strategies such as coastal defense infrastructures, and solutions ranging from nature-based approaches to urban design innovations. Special attention will be given on adaptation planning, with real-world case-studies from diverse coastal regions. Participants will also develop skills to synthesize knowledge by working on Sea Level Rise (SLR) data, as well as to effectively communicate sea level risks to stakeholders.

The course is delivered together with OceanTeacher Global Academy (OTGA) e-learning platform.

Applications to the course must be submitted through the OTGA website. By clicking the Apply Now button, you will be redirected to the application form

Course leader

BegoΓ±a PΓ©rez GΓ³mez (Puertos del Estado); Giulia Galluccio (CMCC Foundation); Vassiliki H. Kourafalou (DCC-CR)

Target group

The course is targeting Early Career scientists and young professionals from - but not limited to - coastal consulting companies, coastal managers and operators, environmental protection agencies, civil protection entities, governmental officers, industry and high level education institutions.

Other backgrounds may be eligible if relevant to, or if they demonstrate experience with, the topics of the course.

Language of instruction: English

Course aim

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

- Understand the physical processes driving SLR risks
- Asses regional vulnerabilities and coastal risks
- Perform data analysis on SLR Coastal risks using remote sensing, in-situ measurements, and open-access datasets
- Gain insights on how to develop comprehensive adaptation strategies and plans for coastal resilience, with a specific focus on measures and solutions
- Communicate Sea Level Risks to various stakeholders

Fee info

Fee

800 EUR, regular

Interested?

When:

24 November - 19 December 2025

School:

FERS School

Institution:

CMCC Foundation - Advanced Training and Education Center

Language:

English

Credits:

0 EC

registration deadline 19 October 2025 Visit school

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