The latest United Nations report on climate change gives another warning that a possible catastrophic future for the planet is coming faster than previously thought.There appears to be no avoiding serious effects of global warming and a shrinking window for mitigation and adaptation to try to minimize them, according to the U.N.Unfortunately, the level of collective worldwide action needed to stave off the worst a hotter world can bring hasn’t materialized.
Reducing and relocating development from coastlines and high-risk fire zones in many areas seem a given one way or the other — either by policy or nature. Also, armoring the coast and bays where it makes sense with walls, jetties, artificial reefs and dikes need to be in the mix. None of this will be easy — or maybe even possible — logistically or politically. But it’s getting harder to treat the warnings like white noise.