Highlights from the WCRP/IOC Sea Level Conference July 2017, New York

摘要

Anthropogenic sea level rise threatens coastal communities around the world and will continue to do so for centuries to come. To meet urgent societal needs for useful information on sea level rise, the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) has established the theme “Regional Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts” as one of its cross-cutting “Grand Challenge” science questions. The Grand Challenge on Sea Level has developed an integrated interdisciplinary program on sea level research, reaching from the global to the regional and coastal scales, which is essential to understand impacts and adaptation needs. The program is fostering close interaction with coastal stakeholders to make sure that the results can effectively support impact and adaptation assessment efforts, as well as wider coastal zone development and management activities.