Assessment of the vulnerability of coastal areas to sea level rise application of the IPCC Common methodology : case study report Poland#executive summary

This report is the result of the 3-month study which assessed the vulnerability of the coastal zone of Poland to accelerated sea level rise caused by global warming. The work comprised extensive review and interpretation of available physical, environmental and socio-economic data pertaining to the Polish coastal zone and the derivation of estimates of the losses, risks and costs of two response strategies.