Sentences with phrase «pace of coastal retreats»

Clarifying the pace of coastal retreats is incredibly important in judging how much, and how, to invest at any given time to limit losses over the long run.

On almost any aspect of the climate challenge, from the pace of coastal retreats to the fate of hurricanes in a warming world, there is a wide range of informed opinion — leaving aside intentional distortions.

But there are vast volumes of studies concluding that rising concentrations of greenhouse gases are already influencing the climate and will continue to raise the odds of fiercer floods, drier droughts and other disruptive changes, including a quickening pace of coastal retreats (and all as human populations soar in some of the world's most vulnerable places).