Improving legal grounds to reduce vulnerability to coastal flooding in Morocco - A plea for an integrated approach to adaptation and mitigation

- We analyse the legal and policy framework to address coastal vulnerability in Morocco.
- The framework of climate policy focuses on mitigation, yet coastal adaptation is urgent.
- The new coastal law provides a timid framework for coastal adaptation.
- To address vulnerability it needs enacting regulations, strong political will and mandate.
- The mitigation strategy could help to create a dynamic for stimulating adaptation.