Future Earth Coasts
News and EventsAnnouncement: “Coastal Visions” Global Coastal Photography Award Winners
After receiving an inspiring array of submissions from across the world, from the Netherlands to China, Brazil, Mexico, and beyond, the organizing committee of the “Coastal Visions” Global Coastal Photography Award is thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s...
FEC Webinar 2025 | Surf Culture and Coastal Futures: Global Webinar Highlights Collective Action through Surfing Communities
The FEC webinar Surf Culture: Collectively Supporting Coastal Futures, held on 28 September 2025, brought together researchers, and coastal advocates to explore how the global surfing community contributes to conservation, cultural resilience, and sustainable...
Invitation to Participate in Meta-Network Gap Analysis Survey
The Future Earth Meta-Network is conducting a survey on “Collaboration, Gaps, and Opportunities in Oceans, Marginal Seas, and Coasts.” We invite organizations, research groups, and programs to participate. Your input will help us shape a multi-layered, cross-scale...
SIMSEA Meta-Network Meeting: Strengthening Collaboration Across Marginal Seas
Organized by: The SIMSEA Meta-Network Meeting, organized jointly by SIMSEA and Sun Yat-sen University in collaboration with the Future Earth Meta-Network Initiative and supported by Future Earth Coasts, will take place in Zhuhai on 17–18 October 2025, with the main...
FEC-SIMSEA Youth Joint Seminar: Understanding Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate
TALK Understanding Coastal Resilience in a Changing Climate Andrew Fielding, Senior Environmental Consultant, JB Pacific, Australia Sea level rise is one of the most significant challenges facing coastal communities, intensifying the risks of flooding, erosion, and...
“Coastal Visions” Global Coastal Photography Award
“Coastal Visions” Global Coastal Photography Award —Capture the Vitality and Future of Coasts Through Your Vision To highlight the natural beauty, ecological value, and human imprint on estuaries and coasts worldwide—and to promote the global vision of coastal...
Coastal Voices Unite: Shaping Global Adaptation in Pugwash
In August, 2025, FEC Academy Member Donald Forbes, FEC Co-Chair Charles Lemckert, and IPO-US Director Heath Kelsey participated in the Coastal Adaptation Meeting at the historic Thinkers’ Lodge in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. Coastal Adaptation Meeting...
Climate Change Biology and Its Approaches to Understand Phytoplankton Responses in the Warming Ocean
The FEC–SIMSEA Youth Joint Seminar, held on 18 August 2025, brought together early-career researchers, students, and marine scientists across Asia and Oceania to explore how climate change biology informs our understanding of phytoplankton responses to warming...
Join FEC Webinar: Explore How Global Surf Culture Powers Coastal Conservation
Dive into Surf Culture and Coastal Futures! Future Earth Coasts (FEC) invites you to an inspiring hybrid seminar, “Surf Culture: Collectively Supporting Coastal Futures”, featuring Dr. Tom Wegener，an internationally recognized surfboard designer, environmental...
CROSS Coastz Programme Led by SKLEC Selected as One of the First UN Science Decade Endorsed Initiatives
The programme “Connecting Rivers & Oceans for Sustainable Solutions in the Coastal Zone (CROSS Coastz)”, led by the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC) at East China Normal University, has been officially selected as one of the first...