Grist

OCTOBER 9, 2019

But as sea levels rise and the islands continue to subside, the costs of fortifying and maintaining the structures may exceed the value of the land and agricultural production behind them, says Alf Brandt, counsel to the State Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. The longer-term goal is to reverse them. Jonno Rattman / Bay Nature.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

based Center for International Environmental Law has reported. Some scientists believed the build-up of atmospheric CO2 could trigger enough heating to result in a “complete melting of Arctic sea ice,” “widespread disruption of agriculture,” and sea level rise of “more than twenty feet.”

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

And who definitely won’t? In June 2022, Clarke delivered a speech during a House of Commons debate saying that a recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was “really devastating”, noting the threats of sea level rise and biodiversity loss if global temperatures aren’t limited. The Obstructors.

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