How Adapting to Climate Change Could Make Global Warming Worse - Ecocentric - TIME.com

* The study notes that a fifth of the world's remaining tropical forests lie just a few days walk from human populations that could be forced to move should sea levels rise by 1 m. When people migrate away from the coasts to escape the rising seas, expect them to use those forests for fuel and clear them for farming. That could be devastating for biodiversity—nearly half of the Alliance for Zero Extinction hotspots exist within this zone.
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Of course, the only problem is that it's our inability to plan well for the long-term that has led us to the climate crisis—and there's no evidence that has changed, even as the impacts of warming become harder and harder to deny. Unless the pace of warming suddenly slows—or we can rapidly cut carbon emissions thanks to a political and technological miracle—we may need to beat a few tactical retreats in the face of climate change. How well we plan for that day will decide whether those retreats can help us live to fight another day—or simply lead to greater catastrophe.