Key Vulnerabilities in the Coastal Sector: Draft Findings of the 2013 U.S. National Climate Assessment

One of the chapters of the 2013 NCA focuses on key coastal vulnerabilities to climate change and related impacts and on the activities underway to date in coastal areas to manage growing climate risks. This paper will present an overview of these key vulnerabilities related to social, economic, infrastructure, and ecological systems. It will also provide insights into the process of how these key vulnerabilities were identified and what evidence exists to support the findings of this chapter (so-called traceable accounts). The assessment the chapter team went through offers important insights for building long-term capacity for the sustained assessment process.