When it comes to climate change, action versus inaction could be the difference between the displacement of “just” 145 million people and upwards of 760 million people from the world’s coastal cities. With the United Nations COP21 global climate summit in Paris just around the corner, the scientists at Climate Central are hoping that stark visuals might spur people — especially those in power — to act. The nonprofit organization of scientists and journalists has released a new report on global sea level rise and an accompanying set of maps that illustrates just how high the water might rise.
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