After the Stern report from last year, when Nicholas Stern outlined that the costs of not addressing climate change were going to outweight the costs of taking action its hardly surprising to come across something like this:
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OECD says global warming threatening ski resorts
A new report has found global warming is threatening alpine ski resorts and the economies that depend on them.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report says the Alps are particularly sensitive to climate change.
Recent warming in alpine areas has been about three times the global average.
One of the report's authors, Shardul Agrawala, says there will be implications for the skiing industry.
"As there's going to be more and more artificial snow, for example, the quality of the skiing experience is going to change," she said.
"Not only that, the cost of making artificial snow are going to increase as temperatures rise, which eventually would be reflected in ski tickets or other prices.
"So there's going to be a trend towards paying more for the same leisure activity."
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...1/s1829554.htm
In addition, in the last week or so I have spoken to people from several small Island nations including Kiribati and the Seychelles. These nations rely heavily on tourism ... but with beaches being washed away the future looks grim. Thjis is especially the case in Kiribati, which is a coral atoll. sea walls won't protect the island at all.
There is also the impact of coral bleaching, damaging the reefs and affecting the tourist experience - but more importantly affecting the marine ecosystem and food supplies.
Personally I don't believe we can stop GW - but I think we need to think about strategies as to how we deal with it.