AAA - Aarhus School of Architecture (Arkitektskolen Aarhus)

AU - Aarhus University

B-A-U - Business-as-usual

DKK - Danish Kroner

DMI - Danish Meteorological Institute

DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet)

EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

ES - Ecosystem services

GHG - Greenhouse gas

GIS - Geographic information system

IEA - International Energy Agency

IOC - Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission

IPBES - Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IPLCs - Indigenous People and Local Communities

ISC - International Science Council

IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature

KU - University of Copenhagen (København Universitet)

LUDP - Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Planning

MPA - Marine Protected Area

NIMBY - Not-in-my-back-yard

NbS - Nature-based solutions

QGIS - Quantum Geographic Information System

RCP - Representative Concentration Pathway

RQ - Research question

RtD - Research-through-design

SDU - University of Southern Denmark

SLR - Sea-level rise

S-O-T-A - State-of-the-art

SROCC - Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate

SRQ - Sub-research question

SS - Storm surge

SSTA - Scaled System Thinking Approach

TBC - To be confirmed

UN - The United Nations

UNFCCC - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USS - Urban Seascaping

WCRP - World Climate Research Programme

WMO - World Meteorological Organization