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The Resilient Coasts – Caribbean Sea project, led by the Stockholm Environment Institute and funded by the Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation, investigates how protecting and rehabilitating coastal ecosystems can increase the resilience of local communities against climate change and natural hazards.

This briefing transcript features experts from NOAA, the North Carolina Coastal Federation, Wetlands Watch, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection discussing coastal resilience strategies in the Southeast United States. The discussion focuses on the implementation of natural infrastructure, such as living shorelines and coral reef protection, the challenges of sea level rise and nuisance flooding in Virginia, and the regulatory and financial barriers to adopting nature-based solutions over traditional hard infrastructure like bulkheads.

This report reviews the status of marine and coastal ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) in Tanzania, focusing on mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar. It identifies significant climate vulnerabilities, including sea-level rise and storm surges, and examines the governance frameworks, policy gaps, and opportunities for integrating nature-based solutions into national climate strategies to enhance coastal resilience and support local livelihoods.

This policy brief examines the prevalence and impact of illegal blast fishing in Tanzania, highlighting its role in destroying coral reef ecosystems and threatening the national economy. It argues for a multi-stakeholder, cross-sectoral governance approach to eliminate the practice through stricter law enforcement, community-led management, and the provision of alternative livelihoods.

A case study detailing how the government of St. Maarten established its first national park, the Man of War Shoal Marine Park, using economic valuation tools provided by the World Resources Institute (WRI).

This WRI fact sheet provides a regional analysis of coral reefs in the Atlantic, detailing their distribution, the socioeconomic dependence of coastal populations, the prevalence of local and climate-related threats, and the effectiveness of existing Marine Protected Areas.

This WRI fact sheet provides a regional analysis of coral reefs in Australia, detailing their scale, the low impact of local human threats compared to the severe projected impacts of climate change, and the extent of marine protected areas.

This fact sheet summarizes the 'Reefs at Risk Revisited' report, a global map-based analysis of threats to coral reefs led by the World Resources Institute. It details the prevalence of local and global pressures, the socioeconomic vulnerability of coastal communities, and the effectiveness of current marine protected areas.

This WRI fact sheet provides a regional overview of the 'Reefs at Risk Revisited' analysis for the Middle East, detailing the extent of coral reefs, the human populations dependent on them, the prevalence of local and climate-driven threats, and the current state of conservation efforts.

This WRI fact sheet summarizes the 'Reefs at Risk Revisited' analysis for the Pacific region, detailing the extent of coral reefs, the human populations dependent on them, current local threats, and projected impacts of climate change through 2050.

This report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) develops and pilots a replicable economic valuation methodology for coral reef ecosystem services in the Caribbean, specifically focusing on Tobago and St. Lucia. The study evaluates three primary services: reef-associated tourism and recreation, fisheries, and shoreline protection, providing lower-bound estimates of their contribution to local GDPs to inform sustainable coastal management and policy decisions.

This report details the selection process for the second round of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) Small Grants Program (SGP II). It outlines the evaluation of 88 proposals, the criteria used by the evaluation panel and the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), and the final recommendation of 22 projects for funding totaling US$ 612,701.

This policy brief outlines climate change adaptation strategies for the tourism industry in Belize, emphasizing the need to integrate these options into national policies to protect the country's coastal and reef assets.

This executive summary from the Stockholm Environment Institute describes the cumulative impact of global and local stressors on marine ecosystems. It highlights that over 40 percent of the marine environment is already affected by combined stressors, such as ocean warming, acidification, and overfishing. The document argues that current management strategies are often too narrow, focusing on single issues rather than the synergistic interactions between stressors, and calls for a cross-scale governance system to increase ecosystem resilience.

A study by the World Resources Institute and WWF Central America evaluating the economic contributions of coral reefs and mangrove ecosystems to Belize's economy, focusing on tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection.

This WRI fact sheet provides a regional overview of the 'Reefs at Risk Revisited' analysis for the Indian Ocean, detailing the extent of coral reefs, the human populations dependent on them, the prevalence of local and climate-related threats, and the effectiveness of existing marine protected areas.

This fact sheet from the World Resources Institute describes the threats facing global coral reefs, the socio-economic vulnerability of countries to reef loss, and the projected increase in threatened reefs if local and global pressures are not mitigated.