While making laws preventing abusive homeownership right? Right?
I live in a progressive city in a progressive state, that claims to believe climate change is real. We just spent the last 10 years rebuilding the seawall that protects our precious iconic waterfront district. It was rebuilt exactly 0 inches taller than before, because increasing the height did not create short term profits.
We deserve what’s coming.
Ireland has a long coastline but most of it near mountains, so there is fortunately scope to gradually retreat uphill. The large flat part is in the middle - the central Shannon basin is only 35m above sea-level, but unless East Antarctica goes too, that’s safe for the moment. As for temperature rise, it’s a cool country that may expect relatively little warming, due to the cold blob south of greenland, at least while ice continues melting. So, Ireland may need to prepare for large influx of people escaping heat elsewhere.
Yeah there’s a bit to go before the sea goes over the cliffs of Moher for sure.
So many doomed cities
chuckles in Japanese I’m in danger.
/ well, I live a few km inland and outside of tsunami risk for now. I probably won’t live long enough for that to change too much since I’m already in my 40s.
Until Miami literally goes under and insurance companies force closures nothing will happen. Once it does all those decrying it will suddenly change tune to why we haven’t been doing something since forever.
Laughs in Midwestern.
You laugh now, but wait until the entire population of New York and Florida are knocking at your door. That is, the population that doesn’t see the writing on the wall and leave for Colorado first.
Please as if we haven’t been dealing with an influx from the coast driving up our prices for the last decade already.
cries in Florida man
Well, they will just have to move a bit further. Like Georgia, or something.
Yes, yes indeed.
We have geo-engineered our way into this climate crisis
Well said.
This will only compound the population problem.
