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Or peacefully migrate to areas that are sustainable and contribute to the project of rebuilding.
But, again, the capacity to build and supply life sustaining amenities and the political willingness to distribute them in order to curry political favor rather than just generate profit will be central to a country's power projection into the late 21st century.
So where is that going to be? If the rest of the world doesn't run that way (which isn't possible), what do you think happens then? When sea rise lifts things a couple of meters, billions are displaced. You aren't simply going to put them somewhere else. Europe currently is struggling with climate and war migrants, the US is the same.
It is possible. And the bitter irony is that it would be better for everyone on average. Just not better for a few specific people on the whole.
Where will they run to? Not the US Gulf Coast or the Dutch flatlands. Not to the low lying Caribbean Islands or the coastline of Japan or Australia.
The most Climate Change friendly regions are going to be high altitude but still retain access to lots of potable water. Curiously enough, that looks like... Iran, Venezuela, Afghanistan, and the Horn of Africa.
All those Western yahoos screaming about illegal immigrants are on track to become ones. And right back to the countries they spent generations pissing off.