Assessing progress and gaps in climate adaptation is a key policy concern, and also raises scientific challenges around which metrics should be used and who should assess progress. A structured expert judgement using local case studies shows that, for coastal areas, today’s global adaptation is halfway to achieving the full adaptation potential.
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This is a summary of: Magnan, A. K. et al. Status of global coastal adaptation. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01834-x (2023).
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Global climate adaptation assessed by structured expert judgement for coastal areas. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 1168–1169 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01844-9
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