> That change is going to probably hurt a lot more than looking left or right. It would hurt less if we'd spent the last couple of decades thinking and talking

> That change is going to probably hurt a lot more than looking left or right. It would hurt less if we'd spent the last couple of decades thinking and talking about adaptation, and taking steps in that direction, instead of wringing our hands. Or, for that matter, if more coastal cities and nations had acted like the Netherlands, who have been managing sea level rise for more than four centuries now (an excellent example of what adaptation can accomplish), instead of like, for example, the city of Miami, which has had drainage issues for decades and has done nothing about them.