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It is ironic as Bangladesh is going to be one of the countries hardest hit by rising sea levels and climate change.

rayiner 5y ago
Which is why it’s in their interest to develop economically as fast as possible so they can be best prepared for the future. The Netherlands handled a similar degree of their land being underwater using 19th century technology. But there is zero appetite for curbing growth. Bangladesh is a miracle of capitalism. When my dad was a kid 1 out of 3 children died by age 5. Now it’s 1 out of 40 and the life expectancy is 72 years. (Closing in on white Americans.) Nobody wants to change course on that.
- mynegation 5y ago
  Oh I certainly did not mean Bangladesh should not develop. Even outside of the things like child mortality, transitioning to less carbon-intensive economy will require certain level of economic development. In the longer term, ignoring climate change in politics will not work though, because (a) rising seas do not care (b) even if developed world introduces enough innovation to fight climate change, they will find a way for everyone else either to adopt it or pay for it.
HamburgerEmoji 5y ago
The NOAA sea level measuring station in that region of the world with the most history seems to be the one in Visakhapatnam in India. It shows 1.05mm/year rise, steady since 1940. Very little sign of acceleration. https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-101 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... Here are some other charts with less history but that are closer to Bangladesh. They are also very slow and steady rates of rise with little sign of any acceleration. https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-106 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-109 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-110 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station....

Which is why it’s in their interest to develop economically as fast as possible so they can be best prepared for the future. The Netherlands handled a similar degree of their land being underwater using 19th century technology. But there is zero appetite for curbing growth. Bangladesh is a miracle of capitalism. When my dad was a kid 1 out of 3 children died by age 5. Now it’s 1 out of 40 and the life expectancy is 72 years. (Closing in on white Americans.) Nobody wants to change course on that.

mynegation 5y ago
Oh I certainly did not mean Bangladesh should not develop. Even outside of the things like child mortality, transitioning to less carbon-intensive economy will require certain level of economic development. In the longer term, ignoring climate change in politics will not work though, because (a) rising seas do not care (b) even if developed world introduces enough innovation to fight climate change, they will find a way for everyone else either to adopt it or pay for it.

HamburgerEmoji 5y ago

The NOAA sea level measuring station in that region of the world with the most history seems to be the one in Visakhapatnam in India. It shows 1.05mm/year rise, steady since 1940. Very little sign of acceleration. https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-101 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... Here are some other charts with less history but that are closer to Bangladesh. They are also very slow and steady rates of rise with little sign of any acceleration. https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-106 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-109 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.... https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?id=500-110 https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station....