Based on the sea level rise projections, the study calculated the parts of the world that would be most directly impacted. The world population on land below the level of projected sea level rise is 1.3 billion, or 19% of the 2010 global population, the study found.
A total of 122 countries would see at least 10% of their current population in areas that would be directly submerged, the study found, with 25 coastal megacities seeing half their population submerged, based on current population levels.
Discounting the future
Policy makers and economists often discount the future cost of choices made today, which can result in a lack of consideration for future generations when setting climate policies. The authors of the study designed this research to show how problematic this is.
“No generation has ever had such an opportunity to help or harm so many hundreds of generations coming after it,” Strauss said. “We have the chance to build a legacy as the most hated or the greatest generation for 10,000 years.”
http://mashable.com/2016/02/08/global-warming-implications-study/#v9ymXaSa8ZqO
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