On one hand, sometimes I feel like most insurance should be the government’s job.
On the other hand, if climate change is making some areas really hard to live in, maybe we should consider closing down or moving whole cities instead of trying so hard to stay.
It would be a very expensive political decision, but a necessary one. The government could exchange the lands that keep getting destroyed or are at high risk for lower risk areas and subsidise greener infrastructure in them. While the riskier places could be cleared and rewilded where possible.
But the expense of doing so may not be affordable for governments that already have high deficits.
On one hand, sometimes I feel like most insurance should be the government’s job.
On the other hand, if climate change is making some areas really hard to live in, maybe we should consider closing down or moving whole cities instead of trying so hard to stay.
It would be a very expensive political decision, but a necessary one. The government could exchange the lands that keep getting destroyed or are at high risk for lower risk areas and subsidise greener infrastructure in them. While the riskier places could be cleared and rewilded where possible.
But the expense of doing so may not be affordable for governments that already have high deficits.