18-03-2016 07:00 via theguardian.com

Sea-level rises: why flooding is the next big business risk

A new breed of insurers, risk analysts and designers is aiming to help businesses and homeowners prepare for rising sea levelsAs climate change risks go, rising sea levels fail to sound the same alarm bells as dramatic weather events and melting ice caps. Yet their long-term effects are among the most alarming. Flooded cities, submerged coastal areas, mass migrations.According to recent research, the world’s oceans rose by 14cm last century. If we’re lucky, that number will merely do
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