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Some cities around the world are pulling back from shorelines, as rising seas from climate change increase flooding. But so far, retreat appears out of the question for Atlantic City, New Jersey.

As a senior field technician at Coastal Action, the 29-year-old sees coastal conservation as important climate mitigation and adaptation.

Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada facing climate change and environmental disasters.

Canadian research is part of an extensive global climate change study that has found billions of the world's poorest people are at risk.

The federal government marked World Oceans Day on Saturday, June 9, 2019, by announcing $13 million in new funding for Canada's coastal ecosystems.

Cigarettes and their filters made from plastic account for almost 50 per cent of the waste collected along the Vancouver and Victoria shorelines, says a study analyzing data from volunteer coastline cleanups in British Columbia.