Approximately twenty percent of the European Union’s coast is currently eroding despite the
development of a wide range of measures to protect shorelines from eroding and flooding. The
prospect of further sea level rise due to climate change and the heritage of mismanagement in the
past – such as inappropriate infrastructure – imply that coastal erosion will be a growing concern
in the future. This is why DG Environment of the European Commission tendered the EUROSION
project, which was realised by a consortium led by the National Institute for Coastal and Marine
Management of the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.