While the Gold Coast Bulletin is doing its best to generate alarm (Coast to go under in climate crisis), it’s surprising there hasn’t been more coverage of the latest Department of Climate Change report:

Climate Change Risks to Coastal Buildings and Infrastructure

Maybe it’s no surprise, given the forecasts are for 2100, and it’s hard to trust (or worry too much about) forecasts that far out – those doomsaying demographers from the sixties and seventies have a lot to answer for. Plus it seems like we’ll have plenty of time to adapt and relocate if the sea level does keep rising.

Here’s a chart from the report showing the number of residential buildings at risk: