NC STATE UNIVERSITY

Our approach is to support science innovation and education with and for communities, so that we can bounce forward when disturbances and change occur by transforming to a more "just" and sustainable future state of environmental, social, and economic conditions... By adapt, we focus on science and technological innovations to the climate change already in the pipeline. Simply stated in a coastal context, we must learn (and teach) how to "welcome the water." Addressing the climate change already in the pipeline will require being able to better forecast, plan for, and respond to anticipated stressors and impacts. Ultimately, this will require deep negotiation and deliberation of who, what, when, where, and how our socio-ecological systems can and should transform to ensure continuity of public health and security (e.g., food, economies, housing, and clean soil, air and water). Such transformations will necessitate policy change to ensure social, climate and environmental justice are..

Also known as: coastal resilience