[ceejayoz]

Not really, considering Venice itself is being impacted by rising sea levels.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/15/venice-council...

> Veneto’s regional council rejected a plan to combat climate change minutes before its offices on the Grand Canal, in Venice, were flooded, it has emerged as the city continues to battle high water levels.

[newfangle]

Local bureaucracy is simpler to overcome than global bureaucracy which is needed to reduce global greenhouse emissions