I’d probably want to protect my property too, but I can’t help but feel that the long-term solution here is some kind of plan for decommissioning coastal assets

I’d probably want to protect my property too, but I can’t help but feel that the long-term solution here is some kind of plan for decommissioning coastal assets. Nothing is permanent, particularly where long-term shifts in weather patterns, sea levels, etc. may render residences and livelihoods unviable, and while this transformation of coastal geography is amplified by anthropogenic climate change, it’s not new and won’t ever go away. I am reminded of the two interpretations of the story of King Cnut and the tide[0]: the misconception that he tried to control the sea, and the actual story in which he was subordinate to it. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Canute_and_the_tide