Nightmare Climate Scenario Shines Light on COP25 Inaction

More than two-thirds of the world’s biggest cities are in coastal regions, with 80 percent of their inhabitants living within 100 km of the coast. Osaka, Alexandria, Rio de Janeiro, Shanghai, Lagos, Miami, Jakarta, Manila and Philadelphia, to name only a few, are at risk of rising waters.

Reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change establish…