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Action 6:
Synthesis and adaptive strategies
The Environment Agency, together with Rijkswaterstaat, have led and supported the task of gathering and synthesizing the information and knowledge generated within Safecoasts' various actions into the synthesis report.
 General lines have been drawn from the findings and conclusions from all the Safecoast Actions and other relevant initiatives. We hope we have provided valuable information for researchers and policy makers in the North Sea region on how to adapt to climate change impacts when it comes to coastal flooding and erosion.
In the synthesis report we have provide an overview and comparison of the current practices, challenges, and possible responses with respect to coastal flood and erosion risk on the North Sea region, both for present and future, aiming to raise general awareness to these topics.
The synthesis report focuses on Safecoast results and putting these in a logical context. For this purpose, it has been important to also reflect on other (inter)national reports, projects and processes in order to provide a framework and context for Safecoast. Safecoast aims to answer the question:
• Final Synthesis Report 2008  (complete)
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Coastal risk management: The present context
• Chapter 3: Developments driving future coastal risks
• Chapter 4: Risk assessment in coastal management
• Chapter 5: Strategy development to manage coastal risks
• Chapter 6: Main findings and recommendations
• Annexes and acknowledgements
How to manage our North Sea coasts in 2050? 
In order to answer that question, a number of separate key questions need answering and have been addressed in the synthesis report as follows:
• What is the present context of coastal flood and erosion risk?
• How do we deal with problems now in terms of policy and management?
• What risk-related trends do we foresee by analysing scenarios for the future?
• What will be the trend of coastal flood and erosion risk in the future?
• Are current policies and measures sustainable with respect to the future?
• What could be promising adaptive strategies for the future?
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