The challenge for coastal governance is to:

• engage coastal stakeholders in a share understanding of climate change on the coast and opportunities for adaptation
• enable broad, meaningful participation in knowledge-based governance of the coast in a rapidly changing context
• plan for long term impacts of climate change while at the same time having short cycles of review that allow new information to be considered and acted on as it becomes available

Led by Curtin University, the Coastal Governance Theme explores how governance can best respond to climate change and adapt to coastal impacts such as sea level rise.