Building Coastal Resilience in Europe

• Main Authors: Villasante, Sebastian, Richter, Kristin, Bailey, Jennifer L., Blenckner, Thorsten, Farrell, Eugene J., Mongruel, Remi C., Timmermann, Karen, Bouma, Tjeerd J., Melaku Canu, Donata, Chen, Margaret, Lachs, Liam, Payo, Andres, Sousa Pinto, Isabel
• Other Authors: Alexander, Britt, Muñiz Piniella, Angel, Kellett, Paula, Rodriguez Perez, Ana, Van Elslander, Jana, Bayo Ruiz, Fernanda, Heymans, Sheila J. J., European Marine Board
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: European Marine Board 2023
• Subjects: Greenhouse gas; Climate change effects; Coastal resilience; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/42842; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8224055

European coasts face multiple, interacting and cumulative pressures including those resulting from increasing greenhouse gas emissions (e.g. sea-level rise, Ocean warming, Ocean acidification, extreme events) and localised activities such as fishing, aquaculture, waste disposal and coastal urbanisation. These create a unique set of context-specific issues that need to be addressed holistically using a systems approach, considering the dynamics between both coastal societies and ecosystems as part of interconnected social-ecological systems. EMB Position Paper No. 27 ‘Building Coastal Resilience in Europe’ presents key policy and scientific recommendations on how to build coastal resilience and enhance capacity to cope with impacts from climate change and other coastal pressures. Published Refereed