In this project, EUCC is responsible for the coordination of the project implementation. Within this project EUCC works closely with a team of experts from the Environmental Hydraulics Institute of the University of Cantabria (IHCantabria), AKTIS Hydraulics (The Netherlands) and the University of Malta.

Climate-Match aims to develop a holistic Strategic Framework covering governance, operations, and coordination across different sectors for collaborative management and monitoring of climate change risks to the Maltese Islands. This initiative is funded by the European Commission's Directorate General for Structural Reform Support (DG REFORM) upon request of the Maltese Public Works Department, the Ministry for Transport Infrastructure and Public Works (MTIP) and the Ministry for Environment, Energy and Regeneration of the Grand Harbour (MEER).

Specifically, this initiative aims to:

• develop a national integrative instrument that will bridge multi-level and multi-sectoral planning instruments for climate governance (vertically and horizontally),

• establish a platform for a collaborative approach to building preparedness for the impacts of climate change and land-sea interactions, selecting the coast as the frontline of climate impact for small island states, and

• develop tools for understanding the structural vulnerability of different coastal heritage assets to climate risks, also used as case studies.

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Funding: DG REFORM TSI-2023-COMMONCOAST-IBA - A common coast to cherish - capping climate impact (COMMONCOAST) (project number 101145916)