Global Leading Practices for Coastal Resilience
Webinar
The Global Leading Practices for Coastal Resilience webinars featured insights into innovations and leading practices used by coastal adaptation and resilience practitioners from around the world to address the accelerating threats of sea level rise. The webinars showcased findings from a recently completed research project by PEERS where over 200 practitioners from 43 countries contributed their knowledge and insights through interviews and workshops.
Similar webinars were be presented in two timezones:
Western hemisphere:
The Western hemisphere webinar featured PEERS Regional leads including Flavio Besana (Northern Europe), Gordon Smith (North America), Ricardo da Cruz e Sousa (Latin America and Caribbean), and Matt de Boer (Oceania).
Eastern hemisphere:
The Eastern hemisphere webinar featured PEERS Regional leads including Anh Cao (SE Asia), Vasiti Soko (Pacific), Matt de Boer (Oceania) and Ricardo da Cruz e Sousa (Latin America and Caribbean).
Perspectives from global practitioners demonstrate the power of practitioner-led knowledge exchange in advancing coastal resilience. Grounded in the real-world experiences of adaptation professionals, this webinar will reveal both the diversity of coastal challenges and the common threads that connect communities worldwide.
The research underscores the importance of collaboration, inclusive engagement, and knowledge co-production in navigating the complexities of climate adaptation. As climate threats intensify, continued dialogue across regions—and across sectors—will be essential to support informed, adaptive, and equitable responses that protect people, ecosystems, and economies along the world’s coasts.
The research was delivered by PEERS regional leads and partners in collaboration with PEERS members worldwide, with financial support from the Natural Resources Canada Climate-Resilient Coastal Communities program.
