Coastal adaptation has become an increasingly important area of study as the significance of climate change rises, and coastal hazards have continued to damage coastal space and communities. Coastal adaptation action solely for climate change is not possible given the financial, infrastructural, and political constraints. A more realistic approach is to use existing methods and strategies of coastal adaptation that inform and meet new challenges of climate-change-induced vulnerabilities. In the past, conservation of wetlands, coral reefs, and habitats coupled with engineering solutions have mitigated the impact of coastal hazards. Recently, policy solutions such as coastal setback lines, rolling easements, building codes, and zoning resurfaced as potent forces to combat coastal hazards coupled with climate change. The panel will address three main solutions -- vegetation, engineering, and policy -- and examine their interaction with climate change impact. Each solution will be assessed in light of competing and complementary ways to mitigate and adapt to harmful coastal change. Can they build on one another to facilitate adaptation? Then, the speakers will relate them to case studies of sea-level rise and the economics and societal effects of these solutions in the context of adaptive capacity. They will be followed by discussions of physical and societal barriers and opportunities to coastal adaptation in light of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports.