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"The world’s coastlines are at the forefront of climate change. That’s because
they’re constantly changing, and respond quickly to changes in climate. They’re
particularly important because around 70% of the world’s population live within
100km of the coast, and 90% of the world’s trade passes through ports on the
coast. The global economy relies on our coastal systems functioning because of
the volume of trade and commerce that takes place at or through the coastal
zone.
Change and disruption do not fall evenly across the globe, however. Our new
research is the first to find a group of coastal locations around the world
highly vulnerable to one specific climate-driven change: stronger waves, or
waves coming from a different direction, which may cause widespread coastal
erosion.
These changes will affect major ports and coastal cities such as Lima, Cape
Town, Durban and Mombasa, as well as broadly affecting the Pacific-facing east
coasts of Peru and Chile, the Atlantic-facing west coasts of Namibia and South
Africa, and the southeast coast of Kenya down to South Africa.
Many of these locations are in developing nations with low GDP, making it
harder to adapt or reduce damage from these changes. While some areas will be
able to respond better than others, the combined GDP of countries most affected
is only about one percent of global GDP. This speaks to how climate change can
act as an inequality amplifier, hitting the Global South the hardest."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
