Bracing for Rising Seas

Forgive the article's long examination of USAmerican effects; at least they give the rest of us a picture of the kinds of things we need to be thinking about. For 'New York' or 'Miami', read 'London' or -I don't know- 'Chichester' (and see here)
... Anyway, here's why you should read the article: to make sense of just something of the magnitude of the problem; "Responding to long-term sea level rise will pose unprecedented challenges to the international community. Economic and humanitarian disasters can be avoided, but only through wise, forward-looking planning. Tough decisions will need to be made regarding the allocation of resources and response to natural disasters. Let us hope that our political leadership can provide the bold vision and strong leadership that will be required to implement a reasoned response."
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Bracing for a Century of Rising Seas.
As Christians we are global citizens; loving our neighbour with a God who cares for the refugees and marginalised means we need to be using our votes with this agenda in mind and speaking with our neighbours in such a way as to influence opinion towards a safer and less volatile world for our neighbours into the future: our grandchildren and their peers.

Interestingly, politically, I think that this makes an adjunct to the already huge case for political and economic decentralisation: we need to pull our nation's financial and governance out of a basket that looks to be submerged. Guess whose parliament is on the front line of inundation? Ditto one of the world's leading financial hubs.