We’ve made our results into an interactive map showing which infrastructure across the Global South is exposed to rising seas. It shows how exposure varies with topography & development + what’s possible to protect with swift action.
sea-level-submergence.projects.earthengine.app/view/sea-lev...

This project was led by Maya Willard-Stepan as part of her undergraduate research at McGill University, with multi-disciplinary coauthors Jeff Cardille, Eric Galbraith, Elena Bennett and myself.

Sea level rise is already disrupting coastal communities & infrastructure. Some losses are inevitable — but swift action can save hundreds of millions of homes, ports & cultural heritage.

We mapped exposure building-by-building across Africa, SE Asia, Central & South America using high-res satellite + elevation data.

Press Release and interactive map link: www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/cha...

🌊 New study in npj Urban Sustainability: Sea level rise could put >100M buildings across the Global South at risk if fossil fuels keep burning. Even w/ ambitious cuts, ~3M buildings face flooding.

📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Thank you Tri!

IPCC scenarios are projections, not predictions.

"The future has not been written. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves."

We get to decide what the world will look like in 2100.

gmd.copernicus.org/articles/13/...

Thanks so much Matt! Sounds like INSTANT was great, wish I could have joined.