Climate Refugees

Here’s a video that addresses an important form of adaptation to climate change: relocating entire communities. The U.S. federal government shelled out $48 million to move a low-lying community in Louisiana to higher ground.  Why?  Less than 10% of the land mass that existed 60 years ago remains today.

A Dutch university professor recognizes that such efforts, while necessary, are traumatic for those concerned and suggests a measured approach: “managed retreat.”