Coastal 5

Key Points:

253,000 ha of additional land to the Earth's coastal surface in the 21st century, equivalent to an area the size of Luxembourg.

Coastal Reclamation is especially prominent in East Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, followed by Western Europe and West Africa.

We suggest that 70% of recent reclamation has occurred in areas identified as high risk to extreme SLR by 2100.