If you take a look at their west coast... They should be very worried. There's a few hundred million people that live just above the sea level now. Any rise is going to nearly eliminate a bunch of cities.
This is very short sighted
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That's ok they'll just immigrate to colder places.
Hmm your country is just a bit north of the equator. I'm sure this can't possibly backfire on them.
Damn and it’s still less than China’s building.
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Bold move considering they’re the location that is expected be uninhabitable in a century