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As climate change accelerates, floating cities look like less of a pipe dream
Posted by: Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast
Out of the box thinking - Noah’s Ark for an era of melting polar ice sheets
An audacious plan to respond to climate change by building a city of floating islands in the South Pacific is moving forward, with the government of French Polynesia agreeing to consider hosting the islands in a tropical lagoon.
The project is being put forward by a California nonprofit, the Seasteading Institute, which has raised about $2.5 million from more than 1,000 interested donors. The work on the project could start in French Polynesia as early as next year, pending the results of some environmental and economic feasibility studies.
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