I personally wouldn’t bet against the Dutch and their hate for water.
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It will be nice, but it's no where near fast enough to be successful in avoiding what is pictured above
Unfortunately the CO2 already in the atmosphere will continue to warm the earth for several decades even if we stop all further emissions.
We'll need to massively deploy technology that can suck CO2, trap it in something like silicate, and bury it deep underground.
Or shift to a diet with less meat so land can be restored (this will suck some CO2 into biomass and soil).
We actually have the tech - you just need to manufacture a CO2 scrubbing material and pass lots and lots of air through it. The hard part is the energy - you shouldn't be producing even more CO2 in the process. In other words, getting enough solar / nuclear power, and funding to actually build the thing.
A cheaper alternative would be to pump nitrate and phosphate into some remote ocean, so as to cause an algal bloom. When the algae die, they sink to the bottom of the ocean, and take the carbon with them. But the local ecosystem will be fucked up in all sorts of ways.
Imagine how much more we'll pollute the ocean when the sea floods our cities and pick up all the liquid chemicals in all the cars.
Cant the netherlands just build higher dams and levees, by harnassing their sizeable army of beavers and US expats?
All of the examples shown here are going to do exactly that. They are rich and higher dams and levees are a lot cheaper, then to rebuilt then to rebuilt on higher ground.
EDIT: Sorry the Bahamas might not do that. It is a national park, so nobody lives there.
Ignoring the fact that sea level rise is accelerating, the level will rise 115mm (4.5 inches) in the next 25 years.
So that sets a lower bound, it will be higher.
I did a deep dive into this. The worst is gonna be in a couple hundred years. Even if we magically stop emitting CO2. large ice masses take a long time to adapt to new temperatures
Actually, recent studies show the west antarctic ice sheet has already crossed tipping points and could add 1-2 meters within this century, not just in "a couple hundred years" as the thermal intertia you mentioned is being overcome by ocean currents undercutting the glacers.
The dutch better get off their fossil fuels, cars and beef if they want a future.
The Netherlands' current plan ends in 2050, but it has shown extremely robust and adequate to the task, so far. I expect the next iteration to keep up the standard.
It's something that only a rich economy with a strong notion of government responsibility can accomplish.
I would be more worried about Shanghai and the US coast line.
One day you will be able to circumnavigate the great wall of the Netherlands by boat.
To visit you take a elevator down from the water line to the bike rental.
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