Climate change in coastal southern Maine is causing rising seas, stronger storms, and more severe coastal hazards like erosion, threatening people, homes, infrastructure, and natural resources. Climate Ready Coast – Southern Maine was a 2.5-year planning project focused on enhancing coastal resilience planning, fostering collaboration, and advancing adaptation action within Maine’s ten southern-most coastal communities. The project engaged municipalities, local land trusts, regional conservation organizations, and federal and state natural resource entities to assess the impacts of climate change in the study region, address regional coastal resilience needs, and develop adaptation strategies and nature-based solutions for making our coastal areas more resilient to climate change and natural hazards. (Source: Project website)