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Sea level in the IPCC 6th assessment report (AR6)

Real Climate

And the AR5 found in 2013 that “there is high confidence that the rate of sea level rise has increased during the last two centuries, and it is likely that global mean sea level has accelerated since the early 1900’s.” We would see massive coastal erosion happening all around. meters of rise by 2100. The Long Term Future.

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Is there any Climate Justice or is it Just-us? A focus on the Caribbean

HumanNature

These effects of climate change have been closely linked to socioecological hazards, including biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, coastal erosion, overfishing, and freshwater salinization (Douglas & Cooper, 2020). For example, in 2017, Puerto Rico was hit by hurricane Irma and Maria. OECD (2022).