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Amid the many heatwaves and freshwater shortages, one would almost forget another, longer-term problem associated with climate change: rising sea levels. Keeping the Netherlands safe will call for ever larger investments that require lengthy preparations.
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Mid-2019 saw the publication of the IPCC report entitled The Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate, which was soon followed by the Sea Level Monitor, a publication by research institute Deltares. When we compared the two reports here at the PRW (Programme for a Healthy Wadden Sea Region), we were confronted with a full-scale paradox.
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