ESD Ideas: Reliable Adaptation Policies to Sea-Level Rise Require Incorporating Complexity in Economic Models

2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Roger Cremades, Carlo Giupponi, Sebastian Raimondo, Stefano Battiston, Francesco Bosello, Tatiana Filatova, Marjolijn Haasnoot, Stéphane Hallegatte A, Jochen Hinkel, Piero Lionello, Antoine Mandel, Irene Monasterolo
+4 more Robert James Nicholls, Athanasios Thomas Vafeidis, Kees van Ginkel, Vanessa Völz
DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2026-792
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Abstract

Abstract. With trillions of USD in assets facing climate-induced sea-level rise, oversimplified economic models might misinform responses. By capturing non-linearities in interconnected socio-economic and biogeophysical domains, and their local to global co-evolution, complexity science applied to sea-level rise uniquely enhances adaptation policies.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Climate Change Policy and Economics Coastal and Marine Dynamics

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Publication date
5 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint