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> Rising sea levels aren't new, it's ancient. Buying coastal properties always carries risk. 40% of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the c
by Qem 1y ago
> Rising sea levels aren't new, it's ancient. Buying coastal properties always carries risk.
40% of the world’s population lives within 100 kilometers of the coast[1]. If one person makes a bad purchase of land, the problem is theirs. If 3 billion people make bad purchases of land, that's a problem for everyone in the world.
Probably we can't blame most of those people for much beyond being born where they were.
[1] https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/methodology_sheets/oceans_seas_coasts/pop_coastal_areas.pdf https://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/methodolo...