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Adaptation options for infrastructure, people and coastal ecosystems will be required in both near-term and long-term due to sea level rise. Changes in rainfall patterns have resulted in almost-annual flood events that damage major assets and threaten livelihoods. This has already occured in urban areas of Fiji and Kiribati

Increased frequency, insensity and duration of climate change induced extreme weather events are causing widespread and severe impacts on individuals communities and infrastructure as well as ecosystems and their services.

The Ocean Dialogue was mandated by COP25 in the last month of 2020. This was a year in which people around the world faced the global health crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we struggle with the wave of consequences of the pandemic, we must urgently consider moving forward in both greener and bluer ways in order to minimize the even larger wave of consequences of climate change heading our way. Consequences that will increasingly impact the sustainable development of many countries.