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7. Statistics show that by the end of the century up to 5% of the worlds population will be flooded, this will be around 600 million people (10).
8. 23% of the world’s population is located on the coasts and are at risk of flooding as the sea level rises (5).
9. The cost to cut co2 emmition to keep them under catastrophic levels would cost the worlds economy 1-4%(10).
10. On the other hand, for every meter the sea level rises, it will cost the U.S. alone $156 billion dollars (5).
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“If we ignore sea-level rise, flood damages will progressively rise and presently good defences will be degraded and ultimately overwhelmed,” -Professor Robert Nicholls