Reading the comments I think the central problem is one of money. If you're living hand to mouth you don't care about problems like this. You've got immediate

Reading the comments I think the central problem is one of money. If you're living hand to mouth you don't care about problems like this. You've got immediate problems to worry about. If on the other hand you're not - and honestly what I'm talking about is a person living in the first world - than the impetus to action is much shakier then people in the thread are assuming. Someone said, "They'll want to act when Washington, D.C. is under water". Really? You think that will ever happen? Think about how much money is floating around D.C.? Then think about how much a sea wall would cost. D.C. is never going to be underwater. Even if it were. Say the sea rises so fast or the price turns out to be so high that sure enough D.C. is under water. Then people will happily pay right? No. Not then. Because the people there still have tons of money. They can all afford to buy a house that's however far inland it takes to be high enough above sea level. And they have enough money to keep moving. I'm not saying it's insoluble. Maybe you can scare people into acting. Maybe. I think the better chance is when people talk about polar bears going away. That's what rich people care about. I'm not sure what the solutions are but I know they involve a lot of money and that means you need a lot of rich people.