Climate change is already impacting millions of people, particularly vulnerable communities whose survival, livelihoods, and cultural identities are dependent on the integrity of marine and coastal ecosystems. These impacts will continue and increaseover the short to medium term, even as the community of nations works to gain consensus on reducing its greenhouse gas emissions. Ecosystem-based adaptation provides an opportunity to reduce the vulnerability of these communities through an improved management of marine and coastal ecosystems so that they continue providing important ecosystem services on which so many depend. There is an urgent need to develop, implement, and fund ecosystem-based adaptation strategies involving coastal communities as a priority response to climate change.
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