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Nadia Bood from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Belize on her blue solution “Valuating climate adaptation options on Placencia Peninsula”. On the Placencia Peninsula, coastal infrastructure and natural ecosystems face significant climate-related impacts. Efforts are leading toward seeking protected areas designation of the Placencia Lagoon as a means to protect mangrove forests and fringing ecosystems, seasonally and permanently inundated wetlands, endangered species and nursery habitats for marine life as well as to create buffer zones for flood and wind control.