Coastal areas are one of the key systems for global sustainability. These are the transition
areas between land and sea. Coastal regions gained importance because of multiple uses …

Governance across the land-sea interface is an emerging challenge. The propensity for, and
intensity of social-ecological interactions across this interface (eg, eutrophication …

Abstract Climate governance in Small Island developing States (SIDS) is a pressing priority
to preserve livelihoods, biodiversity and ecosystems for the next generations. Understanding …

Governments and international organizations increasingly pursue the development of
integrated policy strategies to govern persistent societal problems that crosscut the …

A variety of ecosystem services classification systems and mapping approaches are
available in the scientific and technical literature, which needs to be selected and adapted …

Climate change may be a game-changer for scientific research by promoting a science that
is grounded in linking the production of knowledge and societal action in a transition toward …

This article describes a climate change adaptation planning process triggered by a group of
researchers and stakeholders in a context where no collective responses or long-term plans …

While coastal management has been recognized as an urgent and strategic process since
1970s worldwide, it is still struggling to show robust outcomes in some countries and even …

Coastal ecosystems are exposed to unprecedented levels of human pressure and to the
cumulative effects of climate change. Altogether, these threats have been exposing coastal …

In the current economic, social and political context, maintaining a stable trajectory of
sustainable development, and thus achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, must …