[zaken]

From the article, regarding sea level rise:

  When ice shelves lose large chunks, it does not raise sea level because these
  bodies are already afloat. However, the loss of an ice shelf can speed up the
  seaward flow of the nonfloating glacial ice behind it, and this ice can in turn
  contribute to sea-level rise. Researchers have estimated that the loss of all
  the ice that the Larsen C ice shelf currently holds back would raise global
  sea levels by 10 centimetres.

[dleslie]

The faster that levels rise the sooner we are to get off our collective asses and make a difference.

[diafygi]

You seem to have stumbled upon my favorite climate change joke:

They say humans won't act until it's too late... Luckily, it's too late!

[darawk]

True, but the longer we have to sit on our asses, the more likely we are to succeed in our effort to make a difference when we finally get around to it (due to technological progression).

[omosubi]

I wouldn't count on this - markets don't seem to care about sea level rise at the moment

[jedbrown]

Reinsurance is definitely concerned about sea level rise. Here is an example presentation from SwissRe showing their estimates of the increasing damages due to climate change (e.g., slide 7).

http://www.miamidade.gov/planning/library/presentations/2014...

[sytelus]

Good point. Intuitively I think markets would attempt to approximate probability * cost i.e. expected cost. However there is something intensely wrong how market is functioning with environmental issue. It appears that markets is trying to view the expected cost as debt that needs to be paid in future. The value of debt would be much larger in future but markets seems to be ok with current return. This could be a great theoretical hole in efficient markets theory.

[pohl]

The wealthy do love their ocean-view properties, though.

[Cshelton]

The wealthy can afford to move their properties back/up a few feet.

[enraged_camel]

You realize poor nations will get fucked over disproportionately, right?

[igf]

Why? They don't have anything to destroy anyway.

[andrei_says_]

... Make a difference for the generation after the next. Maybe.