TS.D.7.7 Experience in coastal cities and settlements highlights critical enablers for addressing coastal hazard risk compounded by sea level rise . These enablers include building and strengthening governance capacity and capabilities to tackle complex problems; taking a long-term perspective in making shortterm decisions; enabling more effective coordination across scales, sectors and policy domains; reducing injustice, inequity and social vulnerability; and unlocking the productive potential of coastal conflict while strengthening local democracy . Flexible options enable responses to be adjusted as climate risk escalates and circumstances change, which may increase exposure . Legal and financial provisions can enable managed retreat from the most at-risk locations  but require coordination, trust and legitimate decisions by and across policy domains and sectors  that prioritise vulnerability, justice and equity . Inclusive, informed and meaningful deliberation and collaborative problem solving depend on safe arenas for engagement by all stakeholders . 
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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