The World Without Beaches

The World Without Beaches: Climate Change and the Future of Coastal Survival examines the growing impact of climate change on coastal regions across the globe, with particular focus on the gradual disappearance of beaches-iconic landscapes essential to tourism, recreation, biodiversity, and coastal livelihoods. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, storm surges, and coral reef degradation increasingly threaten fragile coastal ecosystems and communities, especially along Kenya's Indian Ocean coastline.The book situates this environmental crisis within the broader context of industrialisation and unsustainable human activity, presenting climate change as an urgent global reality rather than a distant possibility. It explores the social, economic, and environmental inequalities that continue to accelerate ecological decline while advocating for sustainable development, environmental stewardship, and collective global action.Ultimately, the work offers a compelling reflection on the vulnerability of Earth's natural systems and calls for a renewed relationship between humanity and nature. A timely and thought-provoking contribution for Environmental Geoscientists and Climate scholars.