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The Netherlands. You'd think that a country that has most of it's important urban areas literally below sea-level would be a little more concerned about the cha
by DrSiemer 5y ago
The Netherlands. You'd think that a country that has most of it's important urban areas literally below sea-level would be a little more concerned about the changes to our climate. But nah, most of us still ignore it.
A Dutch expression [1] is "Na mij de zondvloed". It roughly translates to "The (biblical) flooding will come after I'm dead". Unfortunately this is a common attitude here.
[1] From the French "Après moi, le déluge" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apr%C3%A8s_moi,_le_d%C3%A9luge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apr%C3%A8s_moi,_le_d%C3%A9luge