Nature based solutions to climate change are the most cost effective ways to protect local neighborhoods, businesses and flood-vulnerable infrastructure from floodwaters associated with rising sea levels
Dedina is executive director of WILDCOAST, an international team that conserves coastal and marine ecosystems and addresses climate change through natural solutions. He lives in San Diego and was the mayor of Imperial Beach from 2014-2022. Frausto is climate change director of WILDCOAST and lives in Mexico City.
“The mangroves are what protect us from hurricanes because we are very close to the estuary and the beach,” said Minerva Carrillo, who lives in a plywood casita on the edge of the lagoon in one of the most remote coastlines in Baja California. Mangroves exhibit a remarkable ability to capture and retain substantial amounts of carbon, up to ten times more than a tropical rainforest.
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