Join the Coastal Resilience and Sustainability Initiative for an interesting conversation about international lessons on managed retreat with Gavin Smith, a professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning at NC State, and Wendy Saunders of the New Zealand Earthquake Commission. Often referred to as “buyouts” in the United States, the acquisition of hazard-prone housing is a necessary approach to building climate resilience and sustainability and is increasingly being discussed as part of a larger managed retreat strategy. Smith and Saunders research the practice and policy of managed retreat and will share an overview of their scholarship and recent collaborative endeavors, including an international learning lab under development by Smith and colleagues at universities, centers and municipalities in Australasia, Europe and the United States. A panel discussion will follow.