The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.
  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    61·
    6 months ago

    It’ll be interesting to see how Florida handles this when it becomes a problem they can no longer ignore.

    • roofuskit@lemmy.world
      49·
      6 months ago

      It’s already a problem they are ignoring. Property insurance costs are becoming untenable and new insurers leave the state entirely every year. People will be forced out of those areas due to costs alone long before the sea engulfs them. You can’t get a mortgage for a property nobody will insure.

      • magnetosphere@fedia.io
        46·
        6 months ago

        The hypocrisy of corporations amuses me in those situations.

        Corporations: everything is peachy keen! The environment will be just fine. Trust us!

        Homeowners: great! Getting home insurance won’t be a problem, then.

        Corporations: are you nuts? It’s way too risky!

        • roofuskit@lemmy.world
          255·
          6 months ago

          Ahh yes, the massive driver of climate change… insurance policies.

          Insurance companies often force positive change long before regulators or lawmakers get off their asses.

          • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
            12·
            6 months ago

            Insurance companies could refuse to insure drilling projects, pipelines or oil ships and stop the oil industry in a whimp. Isn’t going to happen because oil companies can join forces and create a new insurance company and insure themselves.

            • roofuskit@lemmy.world
              4·
              6 months ago

              I didn’t mean to imply they were doing it out of some moral motivation. When economic incentives line up right is when they push positive change.

      • HobbitFoot English
        10·
        6 months ago

        Yeah. It is possible that one bad hurricane season could bankrupt the state as the state of Florida has become the insurer of last resort for a large chunk of the state.

  • fireweed@lemmy.world
    131·
    6 months ago

    Skimming through the photos, they completely neglected to connect any of the sidewalks in the new dystopian refugee village. Whole community went from 100% car free to 100% car-reliant.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
      2·
      6 months ago

      The suburban/inner city project camp was definitely a stark contrast to the village that sprouted up on that tiny island. At least they’re offering them homes but it also seems like it’ll take a lot of adjustment to adapt to a new life of having to worry about having a greener lawn than the neighbors and what new fast-casual restaurant is opening in the nearby stripmall.

    • too_high_for_this@lemmy.world
      37·
      6 months ago

      How dare they build homes for refugees with roads connected to them!?

      These poor people don’t even know about vehicles!

      And they certainly can’t walk across the inexplicably busy road filled with vehicles they don’t have!

      /S