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  4)  Coming sea level rise.  This was, I understand, one of the topics at the planning conference.  The challenge for politicians is that mitigating actions need to begin to be taken now.  Some of those actions will be unpopular, but the consequences of failing to take action now will not be felt until well after the next election.  It's more comfortable to do nothing than to take actions that some will oppose.  There needs to be popular support for actions that will minimize future costs, but as a community we have yet to create that support.