Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe

Mia Wannewitz; Idowu Ajibade; Katharine j. Mach; Alexandre Magnan; Jan Petzold; Diana Reckien; Nicola Ulibarri; Armen Agopian; Vasiliki i. Chalastani; Tom Hawxwell; Lam t. m. Huynh; Christine j. Kirchhoff; Rebecca Miller; Justice issah Musah-Surugu; Gabriela Nagle alverio; Miriam Nielsen; Abraham marshall Nunbogu; Brian Pentz; Andrea Reimuth; Giulia Scarpa; Nadia Seeteram; Ivan Villaverde Canosa; Jingyao Zhou; Matthias Garschagen

doi:10.1038/s44284-024-00106-9

Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe

Mia Wannewitz
, Idowu Ajibade
, Katharine j. Mach
, Alexandre Magnan
, Jan Petzold
, Diana Reckien
, Nicola Ulibarri
, Armen Agopian
, Vasiliki i. Chalastani
, Tom Hawxwell
, Lam t. m. Huynh
, Christine j. Kirchhoff
, Rebecca Miller
, Justice issah Musah-Surugu
, Gabriela Nagle alverio
, Miriam Nielsen
, Abraham marshall Nunbogu
, Brian Pentz
, Andrea Reimuth
, Giulia Scarpa

Nadia Seeteram, Ivan Villaverde Canosa, Jingyao Zhou, Matthias Garschagen^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Coastal cities are at the frontlines of climate change impacts, resulting in
an urgent need for substantial adaptation. To understand whether, and
to what extent, cities are on track to prepare for climate risks, this paper
systematically assesses the academic literature to evaluate evidence on
climate change adaptation in 199 coastal cities worldwide. Results show
that adaptation in coastal cities is rather slow, of narrow scope and not
transformative. Adaptation measures are predominantly designed based
on past and current—rather than future—patterns in hazards, exposure and
vulnerability. City governments, particularly in high-income countries,
are more likely to implement institutional and infrastructural responses,
whereas coastal cities in lower-middle-income countries often rely on
households to implement behavioral adaptation. There is comparatively
little published knowledge on coastal urban adaptation in low- and
middle-income countries, and regarding particular adaptation types
such as ecosystem-based adaptation. These insights make an important
contribution for tracking adaptation progress globally and help to identify
entry points for improving adaptation of coastal cities in the future.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	610-619
Journal	Nature Cities
Volume	1
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00106-9
Publication status	Published - 26 Aug 2024

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SDG 13 Climate Action

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Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe
Garschagen, M., Wannewitz, M., Ajibade, I., Mach, K. J., Mangnan, A., Petzold, J., Reckien, D., Ulibarri, N., Agopian, A., Chalastani, V. I., Hawxwell, T., Huynh, L. T. M., Kirchhoff, C. J., Miller, R., Musah-Surugu, J. I., Nagle Alverio, G., Nielsen, M., Nunbogu, A. M., Pentz, B. & Reimuth, A. & 5 others, Scarpa, G., Seeteram, N., Canosa, I. V., Zhou, J. & Team, G. T. G. A. M. I., 29 Feb 2024, Research Square Publications, (Research Square).
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Wannewitz, M., Ajibade, I., Mach, K. J., Magnan, A., Petzold, J., Reckien, D., Ulibarri, N., Agopian, A., Chalastani, V. I., Hawxwell, T., Huynh, L. T. M., Kirchhoff, C. J., Miller, R., Musah-Surugu, J. I., Nagle alverio, G., Nielsen, M., Nunbogu, A. M., Pentz, B., Reimuth, A., ... Garschagen, M. (2024). Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe. Nature Cities, 1(9), 610-619. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-024-00106-9

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Progress and gaps in climate change adaptation in coastal cities across the globe

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