There seem to be some good data and studies of the potential impact of sea level rise as well as the cost (in today's dollars?) of dealing with it (about $17 billion) in Marin alone. The cost for the Bay Area is around $110 billion. These include the MTA and BCDC studies. I also just found a wonderful website created by a graduate student at Univ of San Diego that has a section about Marin (https://seachangeatlas.org/county-profiles/county/marin/). These are great resources but don't/can't forecast or determine how we all will be able to fund and afford the costs of addressing sea level rise (which is only one of the great environmental risks that we may face) and who will make these changes happen. And then what will the US/World economy be like as the entire world will be trying to address sea level and other environmental issues at the same time? The time to begin working on these issues is NOW and to imagine, as a community and society, what transformations will be required.
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