Coastal Resilience
There are untapped opportunities to integrate carbon removal into coastal resilience efforts, from flood protection to wetland restoration. We’re exploring how carbon removal can support both climate adaptation and mitigation in parallel.
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Our Coasts, Resiliency, and Carbon Dioxide Removal is a practitioner-informed roadmap that identifies the three most promising pathways to support both coastal resilience and carbon removal, as well as states where the policy, regulatory, and economic conditions are conducive to this work. With these approaches and locations mapped, the report offers an early how-to guide for coastal lawmakers and regulators working towards twin goals of increased resilience and a rebalanced climate.
This work was presented at OSM26 in Glasgow and an Ocean Science Trust webinar.
Report Citation: Kitch, G., Khan, A., Woollen, B., & Reich, E. (2026). Our Coasts, Resiliency, and Carbon Dioxide Removal (1.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18743201
Funders and Partners
Dr. Gabby Kitch was funded to work on this project through the Navigation Fund Bridge Grant. She is a marine carbon dioxide removal expert with experience at the intersection of science, technology, and policy. She previously led NOAA’s Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal portfolio and served as an International Policy Fellow through the John A. Knauss Fellowship, advancing global ocean observation and climate policy efforts. Dr. Kitch holds a PhD in geochemistry.
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