Coastal flood impacts and lost ecosystem services along Europe's outermost regions and overseas countries and territories.

ABSTRACT: Climate change is expected to result in rising seas, exacerbating coastal floods and erosion. Remote islands are projected to be among the most challenged regions, due to their geographic isolation and fragile economies. While, Small Island Developing States have been attracting the attention of scientists and policy makers, Europe's Outermost Regions (ORs) and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) remain poorly studied in terms of their impacts from Sea Level Rise (SLR). Here we carry out a data-modelling framework to comprehensively study risks of flooding, the submergence of flat regions, and coastal erosion along coastlines of ORs and OCTs. Our study shows that under a high emissions scenario by 2150 annually nearly 3000 km² is expected to be flooded, one third of which

SUBMITTER: Vousdoukas MI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12780085 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature