Category: Reports & Policy Briefs

Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America – U.S. West Coast: Challenges and Leading practices The Sea’ties workshop “Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in North America: U.S. West Coast” was held on September 12, 2022, in Santa Cruz, California. Third of a…

Policy Brief – The Contribution of Marine Protected Areas to Climate Change Adaptation, State of the Evidence and Policy Recommendations With the completion, during UNFCCC COP26, of the last mechanisms needed to fully operationalize the Paris Agreement, the attention of climate negotiations can now fully turn towards action. The primary focus of COP27 is implementation,…

Sea’ties Regional Report – Adapting Coastal Cities and Territories to Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean Region, Challenges and Best Practices On April 26, 2022, the Sea’ties initiative with the support of the City of Marseille and Plan Bleu hosted online the regional workshop Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise in the…

Policy Brief – Adapting coastal cities and territories to sea level rise   The coasts are emblematic spaces of the upheavals due to climate change. The Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the IPCC predicts that by 2100, sea level could rise above one meter while the related extreme events…

The health and management of terrestrial carbon sinks have historically received most of the international attention –in research, advocacy, and policy developments, while the role of policy interventions aimed at the ocean and its coastal habitats in regulating the global climate system has been less developed in climate negotiations before UNFCCC COP21, in Paris .…