Climate change poses increasingly severe risks for coastal ecosystems and coastal
communities all around the globe. This condition requires implementing climate adaptation …

The state of progress towards climate adaptation is currently unclear. Here we apply a
structured expert judgement to assess multiple dimensions shaping adaptation (equally …

This article provides a stocktake of the adaptation literature between 2013 and 2019 to
better understand how adaptation responses affect risk under the particularly challenging …

Coastal vulnerability is a multidimensional and vital issue in many parts of the world, as well
as in Egypt. Accelerated human activities such as industry growth, tourism, and urbanization …

Sea level rise (SLR) is projected to impact approximately one billion people by 2100. For
many coastal communities, retreat is the most viable long-term option due to exposure risk …

Around 10 percent of the world's population live in coastal areas that are less than 10 meters
above sea level (also known as the low elevation coastal zone–LECZ). Coastal zones are …

This study considers climate impacts and environmental challenges (flooding and sea-level
rise) in one of the coastal informal settlements in Lagos, Nigeria. A mix of methods was used …

Estimating the three geophysical variables significant wave height (SWH), sea surface
height, and wind speed from satellite altimetry continues to be challenging in the coastal …

Social vulnerability indices are often used to quantify differential vulnerability to the impacts
of climate change within coastal communities. In this review, we examine how “tried and …

Vegetation meadows in coastal waters are a key constituent of a future green defense
package due to the ecosystem services they provide and the potential to attenuate wave …