[pmyjavec]

Won't a lot of this coastal flood protection infrastructure just add emissions to the atmosphere, thus grossly exacerbating the problem? Seems like way to little, way to late.

Trying to just "build a wall" around cities just doesn't sound like it's going to work, I even saw designs where buildings in Manhattan will have to be built on stilts, but how much environmental environmental damage will all this new construction do?

Probably best off to just start relocating these cities and find new homes for the inhabitants.

This combined with other issues like fracking, leaking methane into the atmosphere aren't exactly filling me with confidence.

[stale2002]

You are overestimating the effects of climate change.

Sea levels will rise by a meter over the next hundred years. That's really not very much in the scheme of things.

[pmyjavec]

Have a read of these:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/04/science/flooding-of-coast-...

http://uk.businessinsider.com/cities-exposed-to-rising-sea-l...

I'm going to say you're underestimating the affects of climate change if you think a one meter rise in sea level globally isn't a big deal. Not to mention a selfish point of view, considering some peoples homes are already being inundated and the catastrophic effects it will have on coral reef systems.