Climate Change Mitigation in The Netherlands

We talk a great deal about climate change mitigation, but less about adaptation.  The Netherlands, with about one-quarter of its land area below sea level, has always been subject to flooding.  Linked above is a cool video that presents what the Dutch have done to deal with this–the largest engineering project on Earth.

This all came to be, following an enormous storm in 1953 that flooded many cities and killed 2000 people.

It can’t help make one wonder what the United States would do if such a massive undertaking were to be required here.  One thing’s clear: if a Democrat were in the White House, the Republicans would oppose it, regardless of how horrible the effect of doing so might be.