Coasts - The risk Increases

Coasts attract people and businesses but are also subject to numerous threats from nature The risk of disaster is permanently increasing It is mainly determined by the ever growing exposure and concentration of people in coastal regions as well as by the consequences of climate change Living with risks and reducing them requires awareness at all levels of society Most of all, it requires a partnership between public institutions people and enterprises concerned, and the financial sector A crucial factor for all coastal regions is stopping or slowing anthropogenic climate change and at the same time adapting to the growing risk it implies