There's More Ocean Than There Used to Be
The world has enormous arid basins sitting below sea level or easily connected to the ocean. Redirect the excess water into engineered waterways and you can create freshwater systems, new coastlines, and habitable geography where there was none.
When Coastal Property Becomes Uninsurable
The insurance industry is not known for idealism. Actuaries don't advocate for solutions because they're hopeful. They advocate because they're calculating risk, and right now the risk math on coastal property is breaking down in ways that threaten the entire business model of property insurance.
The Hardest Room to Impress
Government audiences are the toughest crowd, wary by default, having seen good ideas collide with political and regulatory reality.
The Countries That Don't Have Decades Left
Indonesia is spending $33 billion to relocate its capital to a new city that will be safe from sea level rise. Bangladesh, Vietnam, the Philippines. The list of nations facing existential or near-existential coastal threats grows every year.
The 200-Foot Threat
Instead of simply trying to hold the ocean back, or worse, accepting displacement as inevitable... What if we gave the water somewhere intentionally to go?
Giving the Water Somewhere to Go
Instead of asking "How do we hold the ocean back?" we should be asking "Where can we give it somewhere to go?"