Sandwatch is a climate change and coastal monitoring programme which encourages the development of sustainable approaches to address beach environment challenges, while also stimulating local climate change adaptation measures.
The result is a bright, fresh, full-bodied wine, which the vintner claims reflects the coastal breezes and the cool climate.
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Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Zones of West Africa (ACCC) is a project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by UNESCO and UNDP.
The devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy has focused minds on the urgency of improving the climate resiliency of coastal cities exposed to the fury of extreme weather events and rising seas.
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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is implementing the project Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal zones of West Africa (ACCC) which is a tentative response to the problem of coastal erosion.
Some of the most frightening forecasts in the report centre on the increasing pace of coastal erosion expected to accompany climate change, as sea levels continue to rise and low-lying shores become more vulnerable to storm surges.
The Mediterranean coastal fringes have a Mediterranean climate with some rain between October and March, but the vast area of desert inland has very little rain at all and here some of the highest temperatures in the world have been recorded.
Coastal cities that are vulnerable to climate change are also powerful magnets drawing people from the countryside.
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For one example, look to a study in Nature Climate Change, examining the effect of climate on hurricanes and coastal flooding.
Yet, while our livelihoods are inseparable from the health of these natural systems, our oceans are under threat from pollution, coastal development, overfishing, and climate change.
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Oceans Day at Durban will draw high-level attention to ocean issues during the COP17 climate talks, highlighting the direct link between climate change, the health of the oceans, and human well-being, as well as the need for sufficient funding to support bold mitigation and adaptation measures that will minimize climate change impacts on coastal communities and ocean ecosystems and resources.
This Southern California city has all the Pacific Coast perks: coastal living, sparkling weather, temperate climate, ocean views and golden sandy beaches.
The ACCC project aimed to assist countries to develop integrated management of coastal zone to better preserve the impacts of climate change and contribute to the fight against erosion.
This is no short-term uptick: insured losses due to extreme weather have been trending upward for 30 years, as the climate has changed and populations in coastal areas and other vulnerable places have grown.
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The national political climate, combined with an influx of coastal liberals, has made Colorado and New Mexico swing states.
At a national level, agreements have been made with the Ministry of Tourism to include climate change aspects, as well as integrated coastal management, in its strategy development.
This will require improvements in the capacity, knowledge, communication and networking available to enhance the flow and quality of information available for informed decision-making on the status of coastal resources, and their effective management in light of climate change impacts.
The overall effect is to undermine the resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems, affecting in turn their ability to support coastal livelihoods such as fishing and tourism and their potential role in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
The "Blue Carbon" International Scientific Working Group met last week at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the implications of using coastal "blue" carbon as a conservation and management tool contributing to climate change mitigation and the development of associated conservation financing mechanisms.
Enhanced international recognition of coastal carbon ecosystems: through established international bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Climate change will cause the displacement or shrinking of more than 80% of coastal habitats.
Yet the megacities are where climate migrants are expected to move to, and they are often in the coastal areas most at risk from rising sea levels.
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This chart shows how sea level rise and more powerful storms both likely consequences of climate change will have an especially devastating impact on the low-lying coastal cities of Asia.
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