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Louisiana’s Managed Retreat — Model for Coastal Climate Adaptation Worldwide?
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Louisiana’s Managed Retreat — Model for Coastal Climate Adaptation Worldwide?

As global temperatures are likely to exceed the Paris Agreement target of 1.5°C, sea levels are expected to continue rising for a long time. In the past, similar warmth led to major ice-sheet loss, so low-lying coastal areas are now facing much higher sea-level risks than current planning usually assumes. Louisiana’s coastlines are retreating rapidly...

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