The 54^th Conference of Irish Geographer was hosted in Wexford (Ireland) and the main theme for this year’s conference was ‘Resilience`. PhD student from the Geography Department, Silvia Cascone, presented her recent research findings in the session titled “Climate, Coasts and Communities: Nature-Based Solutions at the Nature-Society Nexus” focusing on the utility of coastal dune vulnerability indices for Nature-based Solutions implementation in Ireland.