ANEMOS is developing a shared, science‑based methodology to understand how increasingly intense storms driven by climate change can disrupt port operations and the coastal communities that depend on them.
The work begins with a detailed analysis of key climate hazards – wind, heatwaves, waves and extreme sea levels (ESLs) – and how these can interrupt daily port activities or damage critical port assets.
This climate lens turns raw environmental data into practical insights on when, where and how storms threaten port performance.
Together with vulnerability factors such as port age, defense structures, dock height, basin and navigation channel characteristics, river proximity and coastal geomorphology, it also assesses exposure by identifying the port operational activities that could be affected.
By combining hazard, exposure and vulnerability, ANEMOS WP3 studies estimate climate-induced port disruptions and their wider socio-economic risk for ports and coastal communities.
At this stage, the Department of Port Management and Shipping of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), together with the project’s partners, is applying this common methodology across the ANEMOS study ports in Greece and Italy.
This cross‑border phase provides a robust evidence base for WP4, where concrete solutions and tools will be designed to support better storm preparedness and operational resilience.
The result is a practical pathway for ports to move from climate data to climate‑smart decisions that protect infrastructure, safeguard jobs and keep supply chains moving even under extreme weather conditions.
