A new national report from the Surfrider Foundation is spotlighting Hawaii’s North Shore as a leading example of how communities can take the lead in confronting climate change — and calls for more urgent action as Hawaii’s beaches and shorelines face growing danger from erosion and rising seas.

Released Tuesday, the 2025 State of the Beach Report shifts away from grading state policies — its usual format — and instead highlights local, place-based efforts across the nation. At the center of this year’s edition is a case study on Oahu’s North Shore Coastal Resilience Working Group, a coalition of residents, scientists, cultural practitioners and policymakers working together to find solutions to chronic coastal erosion.

“In years past, we’ve looked state by state at how they stacked up p

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