Surviving sea-level rise


Thailand is one of the countries that are home to the most people on land projected to be below average annual coastal flood levels by 2050. — Bloomberg

THE Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that is triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans, and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world.

The IPCC released the Sixth Assessment Report on Aug 9, 2021. The report from 234 scientists from around the globe summarised the current climate research on how the Earth is changing as temperatures rise and the impacts for the future. I was one of these scientists.

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