Center for Coastal & Marine Studies
THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MARINE/MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING, 22 -23 NOVEMBER 2022, BARCELONA, SPAIN
CCMS attended the 3rd International Conference on Marine/Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) held last week in 22-23 November, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain. The event was jointly organized by The Directorate General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries of the European Commission (DG MARE) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO). The third edition of the conference aimed to assess the state-of-the-art implementation of MSP and discuss challenges and opportunities to achieve the MSP roadmap priority areas and target (cover at least 1/3 of the global maritime areas under national jurisdictions with marine spatial plans by 2030).
UNEP Adaptation Gap Report 2022 published!
Excerpt: Climate change is landing blow after blow upon humanity and the planet, an onslaught that will only intensify in the coming years even if the world begins to bring down greenhouse gas emissions. UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report 2022: Too Little, Too Slow – Climate adaptation failure puts world at risk finds that the world must urgently increase efforts to adapt to these impacts of climate change.
READ THE RECENT NEWS ON THE EUCC-D WEBPAGE OF THE NETWORK!
Coastal Union Germany (EUCC-D) is the national branch of the Coastal & Marine Union and member of the EUCC-Baltic network. EUCC-D goal is to promote the sustainable development of coasts and seas in Germany. On their website, you can learn more about EUCC-D and their work, the services offered, browse coastal databases and, of course, find out how to become a member of EUCC-D!
Read more of the EUCC-D recent activities through their updated webpage:
https://www.eucc-d.de/beach-and-dune-network.html
To Save America’s Coasts, Don’t Always Rebuild Them
A paper in the New York Times by CCMS Advisory Committee member Prof. Robert Young (Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines, Western Carolina University, USA)
Hurricane Ian is the latest devastating hurricane to confirm that coastal areas are failing to keep rebuilt or new development out of highly vulnerable areas. Local emergency managers know all too well which places in their communities should not be built back after a storm. But they are rebuilt, because the federal government and states provide multiple incentives to rebuild rather than to relocate. The assumption is that taxpayers will always be there to back up private investment after even predictable natural hazards.
