Climate Change 2001:
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Figure 3-6: Adaptation and the average annual number of people flooded by coastal storm surges, projection for the 2080s. The left two bars show the average annual number of people projected to be flooded by coastal storm surges in the year 2080 for present sea level and for a rise in sea level of ~40 cm, assuming that coastal protection is unchanged from the present and a moderate population increase. The right two bars show the same, but assuming that coastal protection is enhanced in proportion to GDP growth.

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