Sandwatch is a climate change and coastal monitoring programme which encourages the development of sustainable approaches to address beach environment challenges, while also stimulating local climate change adaptation measures.

UNESCO: Small Island Developing States

The Mediterranean coastal fringes have a Mediterranean climate with some rain between October and March, but the vast area of desert inland has very little rain at all and here some of the highest temperatures in the world have been recorded.

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The "Blue Carbon" International Scientific Working Group met last week at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the implications of using coastal "blue" carbon as a conservation and management tool contributing to climate change mitigation and the development of associated conservation financing mechanisms.

UNESCO: World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP)

For one example, look to a study in Nature Climate Change, examining the effect of climate on hurricanes and coastal flooding.

FORBES: Climate and the Rising Threat of Hurricane Floods

Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal Zones of West Africa (ACCC) is a project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and implemented by UNESCO and UNDP.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO is implementing the project Adaptation to Climate Change in Coastal zones of West Africa (ACCC) which is a tentative response to the problem of coastal erosion.

UNESCO: Biodiversity Initiative

The result is a bright, fresh, full-bodied wine, which the vintner claims reflects the coastal breezes and the cool climate.

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