Coastal Restoration Agreements Under Climate Change: Barriers and Enablers
Coastal ecosystems are becoming less resilient under climate (e.g., sea-level rise, warming, acidification) and human (e.g., urbanization, coastal hardening, and river regulation) pressures, forcing local communities to face increasing risk levels. This lack of resilience is linked to an adaptation deficit that can be recovered through restoration. Yet, restoration faces barriers related to governance, funding, technical practice, and social context. To overcome such barriers, the REST-COAST project has developed a framework that reckons with coastal restoration platforms and restoration agreements, supported by “enablers” that support the upscaling and implementation of restoration projects. The proposed agreements and platforms can effectively overcome barriers by embedding governance, technical, financial, and social enablers into the agreements among stakeholders. Tailored, place-based approaches foster collaboration, long-term adaptive management, and the scaling of restoration to address accelerating climate-driven risks. The proposed agreements build on hands-on restoration lessons, offering transferable insights for global coastal resilience.
Authors
- Daniel González-Marco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9619-1897)
- Simon C. Nemtzov
- Nikolay Valchev (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3895-1683)
- Susan L. Gallon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7849-2664)
- Julien Dalle
- Vicente Gràcia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4628-426X)
- Mindert de Vries (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-3514)
- Xavier Sánchez-Artús (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1478-1840)
- Olivier Boutron (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6495-7563)
- C. Dabala
- Grzegorz Różyński (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9822-9847)
- Nuño Caiola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-2954)
- Joanna V. Staneva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-392X)
- Rosaria Ester Musumeci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1022-0571)
- A.L.F. de Vos
- Margaret M. Dietrich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0509-5074)
Institutions
- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Catania (IT)
- Israel Water Authority (IL)
- Deltares (NL)
- Institute of Hydroengineering (PL)
- Dialyse Centrum Groningen (NL)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (DE)
- Consortium for Coordination of Research activities Concerning the Venice Lagoon System (IT)
- Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont (ES)
- Institute of Oceanology (BG)
- Tour du Valat (FR)
- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Water
- Published
- 2025-11-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/w17213154
- Primary Topic
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00