[joelbluminator]

Yes, I know about this. I wasn't accurate: let's say there is no practical talk or any actual government plan for retreat. The real estate market here is hotter than ever. More metros, airports and houses are being planned and built in the Randstad (that's the area that's under sea levels and the most important economic part of the land). Some experts think gradual retreat needs to be thought about, while many others think we can solve it by other means, or simply wait and see to get a feel for the sea level rise pace (which I think is the ideal way. we simply don't know enough yet). I'm taking an unpopular opinion here I guess but I just don't think we know enough to panic... I think the chance the Randstad would be evacuated in the next 50 - 100 years is about similar to the chance San Francisco would be evacuated; close to zero. Too much real estate, infrastructure, and historical treasures lie in these cities (think about Amsterdam for example). Even a massive sea dyke that costs about 80 billion euro, that would become a second coast for the Netherlands and could withhold 2-3 meter sea level rise, will be tried and built before you evacuate a trillion dollar worth of infrastructure.