CONTEXT:
Due to their location, the concentration of human assets (people, infrastructure, economic activities) in low-lying coastal areas, and climate-sensitive economies, tropical islands are highly exposed to climate-ocean hazards and climate change impacts (sea-level rise, intensification of intense rainfall events and intense tropical cyclones, increase in extreme sea-levels, and increase in the frequency of marine heatwaves). Recent studies projected a marked increase in coastal climate-related risks in these islands over the 21st century. Yet, we still have limited knowledge on both the complex interrelated processes driving climate-ocean events’ impacts, and the effectiveness and feasibility of adaptation solutions. FUTURISKS addresses these research gaps based on a focus on Tropical French Overseas Island Territories. It promotes a better understanding of the processes driving coastal erosion and flooding, the cascading impacts and amplification effects at play in climate-related compound (i.e. combined) events, and risk reduction and climate change adaptation policies. FUTURISKS practically assists the stakeholders involved in coastal zone management by supporting them in field observation collection, providing them with a better understanding of impacting climate events, and helping them in the design, implementation and assessment of risk reduction and adaptation policies.