Originally Posted by ntluser

The problem is that there is no real commitment or organised plan to deal with these issues globally.

World governments are all dithering over action because they want to protect their economies.

What they fail to realise is that without an environment, there will be no economy.

I wonder what action the UK government has taken to prepare for rising water levels given that much of our coastline is at sea-level? At the moment, they can't even cope with inland flooding like we had in Tewkesbury.

We need to be dredging rivers, building up coastal defences etc now because prevention is better than cure.

Once the coastal flooding starts it will be too late and we will have a real problem on our hands.