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Coastal Adaptation in a Changing Climate (Page 1)

Coastal Adaptation in a Changing Climate

A Pugwash Coastal Futures Workshop

Ávila-Flores G, Badri L, Botero C, Forbes D, Kehoe K, Kelsey H, Kewachuk T, Labrador M, Manson G, Manuel P, Maracle M, Mombourquette G, Ollerhead J, Parewick K, Winkler N, and van Proosdij D ·

Atlantic Canada, like other areas, is facing accelerating sea-level rise, stronger storms, decreasing sea ice, and accelerating, more extensive coastal erosion and flooding. Coastal adaptation reduces the risk from these processes—made more intense by climate change—but often requires difficult decisions, changes in human behavior, and agreement over shared principles to guide action.