{"id":34107,"date":"2019-08-24T09:51:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T08:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=34107"},"modified":"2019-08-24T09:51:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T08:51:48","slug":"lagos-coastal-cities-at-risk-of-massive-flood-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/lagos-coastal-cities-at-risk-of-massive-flood-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos, Coastal Cities At Risk Of Massive Flood\u2014Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists have sent warnings to residents of Lagos and other coastal cities over future floods that may be the worst in recent times.<\/p>\n

The environmental scientists have appealed to those close to the coastal lines to relocate or face the prospect of a disorderly, chaotic situation as climate change worsens.<\/p>\n

The environmentalists, A.R. Siders, Miyuki Hino and Katharine J. Mach, in a recent paper published in the journal\u00a0Science<\/a>, advised people to avoid a chaotic situation by starting to \u00a0plan now for the inevitable \u201cretreat\u201d from coastal cities.<\/p>\n

\u201cFaced with global warming, rising sea levels, and the climate-related extremes they intensify, the question is no longer whether some communities will retreat \u2014 moving people and assets out of harm\u2019s way \u2014 but why, where, when, and how they will retreat,\u201d the authors of the paper wrote.<\/p>\n

According to the environmental scientists, about 1 billion people are expected to be forced out of their homes by the droughts, floods, fires and famines associated with runaway climate change over the next 30 years \u2014 and they all have to go somewhere. This massive global exodus can go one of two ways: either it will be a chaotic mess that punishes the world\u2019s poor, or it can be a path to a fairer, more sustainable world.<\/p>\n

Rather than dealing with these forced migrations on a reactive, disaster-by-disaster basis (as many emergency evacuations do now), the researchers propose taking a \u201cmanaged and strategic\u201d approach to the problem, setting up policies and infrastructure now to help climate refugees transition into new homes and out of harm\u2019s way as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

The steps to accomplish this task range from the common sense \u2014 for example, limiting property development in at-risk areas (like coastal cities) and instead investing in creating affordable housing in safer inland communities \u2014 to the incredibly complex. For instance, the authors want to build infrastructure that maintains the cultural heritage of marginalised communities that wind up having to leave ancestral homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cRetreat may exacerbate historic wrongs if it relocates or destroys historically marginalised communities,\u201d the researchers wrote. \u201cConversations around who should pay for retreat will almost certainly need to address reasons why certain communities find themselves at risk.\u201d<\/p>

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According to the experts, retreat could be an opportunity to revitalise communities and redistribute wealth in a more sustainable way. For example, it could be a chance to end real estate practices that incentivise living in at-risk areas. Retreat could also be a chance to subsidise new schools, hospitals and affordable housing in safer inland regions instead of making belated improvements to at-risk areas, like building expensive new sea walls to shield communities that have already been battered by severe storms and abandoned before.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne proposal for Bangladesh suggests investing in a dozen cities to provide infrastructure along with educational and employment opportunities to draw successive generations of people away from low-lying coasts,\u201d the authors wrote. \u201cRetreat is not a goal in and of itself, but a means of contributing to societal goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

While widespread evacuation of climate-prone communities may not occur for a decade or more, the only way to prepare for this unprecedented global challenge is to start planning now. Leaving home is never easy \u2014 however, with enough research, investment and strategic thinking, it doesn\u2019t need to be a disaster.<\/p>\n

Just recently, the wild fire in the Amazon basin in Brazil has forced several species out of their natural habitat. Many animals have also been burnt after their sanctuaries were sacked by fire.<\/p>\n

The Amazon is responsible for providing large oxygen base for the earth via its expanse of its ever green forests. The wild fire is already going to reduce the amount of oxygen the amazon provides and it\u2019s a future danger if policy makers do not act fast.<\/p>\n

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