As part of the MCCIP COCO (Climate change risks to COastal COmmunities and their health and wellbeing) project, It gives me great pleasure to share with you our first national output ‘A Blueprint to develop dynamic climate adaptive pathways for coastal areas in Wales’, which is being launched today at the Severn Estuary Forum 2026 Conference.
This Blueprint has been co-created by MCCIP, the Welsh Coastal Groups Forum and the University of Liverpool. It sets out a 10-step guide to develop and deploy dynamic climate adaptive pathways specifically for Welsh coastal areas, for use by community groups and local authorities. It collates information from authoritative sources, including guidance from the UK’s Climate Change Risk Assessment and the Coastal Adaptation Programme led by Natural Resources Wales, and is also framed within the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act of Wales. It also highlights the importance of recognising compound hazards for resilient, realistic adaptation strategies.
The Blueprint places great emphasis on engagement and communication with a strong focus on the context of coastal adaptation in Wales, and it is accompanied by a useful visual summary in English and Welsh language versions.
To download the complete Blueprint pack, visit the MCCIP COCO webpage
Look out for other national outputs for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland later in this financial year.
Susana Lincoln PhD MSc
Deputy MCCIP Programme Lead
Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (http://www.mccip.org.uk/)
