I just remembered...
How far is Harlech Castle from the ocean? Seemed a mighty long way when I visited in 1983. I remember a painting of it from long before, waves crashing up on the cliffs below.
The ocean has been higher. We've moved onto lands that were previously submerged and now we're going to pay for it... and I doubt that a) we can do anything about it and b) that we were the cause of previously higher sea levels nor are the cause of future sea levels.
TW, the issue is that this is about politics and power. Not about saving the world from... nature.