Even the IPCC, in its worst case scenario, only forecasts a 59 cm rise, and given there has been no change in the rate of sea level rise from its long term value of about 2 mm per year, even that looks wildly alarmist. But that’s not enough for the Victorian government, apparently:
Heeding warnings from climate change experts, the Government has ruled that new developments must assume sea-level rises of 80 centimetres by 2100. The rule will take effect on Monday, but not apply retrospectively.
Which “experts” are they, exactly?
Read it here.
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