On 30th November 2023, the scientific and expert meeting entitled The Possibilities of defending the historic core of the town of Cres against storm surges and high tides was organised by the Island Development Agency upon the initiative of the Town of Cres, with the support of the County Port Authority of Cres and the Hrvoje Požar Energy Institute was held in the Moise Palace.
Several experts explained what happens when the sea level rises, and how this phenomenon will develop in the future, and they proposed various defensive measures against “the rising sea.”
The Institute participated in the work of the meeting with a lecture that presented the project Analysis of the threat of coastal flooding of vulnerable settlements in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, produced in a collaboration between the Institute and the Faculty of Civil Engineering.
After the series of lectures, a round table entitled Potentials and obstacle...