Coastal environments, in particular heavily populated semi-enclosed marginal seas and
coasts like the Baltic Sea region, are strongly affected by human activities. A multitude of …

This article describes social encounters produced by climate adaptation policy
experimentation focused on managed retreat—a concept increasingly used by academics …

High levels of vulnerability to climate change impacts are rendering some places
uninhabitable. In Fiji, four communities have already initiated or completed the task of …

This perspective piece makes a case for a more rigorous treatment of managed retreat as a
politically, legally, and economically distinct type of relocation that is separate from climate …

Climate change-induced sea level rise (SLR) is projected to be substantial, triggering
human adaptation responses, including increasing protection and out-migration from …

After a disaster, it is common to equate repopulation and rebuilding with recovery.
Numerous studies link post-disaster relocation to adverse social, economic, and health …

Restoring and protecting “blue carbon” ecosystems-mangrove forests, tidal marshes, and
seagrass meadows-are actions considered for increasing global carbon sequestration. To …

Tipping points have become a key concept in research on climate change, indicating points
of abrupt transition in biophysical systems as well as transformative changes in adaptation …

Strengthening the resilience of societies to extreme weather events is an urgent and critical
priority around the world. Extreme weather often causes population displacement that …

Globally, the impacts of climate change will uproot and displace millions of individuals, and
American cities are on the frontline of these future population shifts. Our analysis of empirical …