International ocean governance, planning and financing for adaptation strategies are also needed to protect our ocean.

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To limit the impacts, experts say effective adaptation strategies need to be developed in order to minimise the risk to nations' infrastructure, homes and businesses.

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Towards that end, scientists, city planners, academics, advocates, and environmentalists, as well as Federal, state, and local officials and innovative industry leaders, are working hard to better understand the efficacy and impacts of various adaptation strategies.

WHITEHOUSE: Adaptation Summit to Address Impacts of Climate Change, May 25-27 | The White House

Also, it will include the development of tools to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies, as well to encourage the formulation of policies and actions leading to the adoption of ICAM from a regional approach.

UNESCO: Atlasur Workshop 2009

Establish and test strategies for adaptation to climate change.

UNESCO: Jamaica: Actividades Bienios Anteriores

Indigenous knowledge and community-based coping strategies provide a foundation for national adaptation planning that can be both appropriate and effective.

UNESCO: THEMES

While the environmental transformations engendered by climate change are expected to be unprecedented, existing in-depth indigenous knowledge on strategies for coping with change may also provide a crucial foundation for new adaptation measures and sustainable development in the face of climate change.

UNESCO: EDUCATION