"Building Resilient Coastal Communities through Nature-based Solutions and Empowerment Tools".

This report provides an evidence base on how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Empowerment Tools (ET) can support resilience in coastal communities. Using a Rapid Evidence Assessment (REA), it synthesises the current state of the evidence concerning the role of NbS and community ET in addressing coastal challenges such as climate change across Europe. The outcomes and impacts of such approaches in fostering empowerment and resilience within these communities are presented, including methods and indicators to report and measure empowerment. This report was developed by an Eklipse Expert Working Group to respond to a request put forward by the Horizon Europe EmpowerUS project and is targeted for policy- and decisionmakers, researchers and practitioners, exploring the nexus between coastal resilience, NbS and empowerment. Through a great range of recommendations for research and policy, we hope to encourage to enhance resilience of coastal communities by ensure a wide dissemination of  the knowledge to a broad set of stakeholders.