Illustration of a huge hand reaching out of the ocean for a city. Hiking drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

The only thing that seems unchanging is how the experts get climate change wrong, do we feel lucky?

Knowing we don’t know

Text and drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt

We really want to know – but sadly the whole concept, the whole climate change and sea-level science is still so new that sometimes it seems we just as well throw darts at maps

Hikers heading along the coast are warned to check the weather broadcast, go with an experienced guide and avoid venturing out without proper equipment and back-up strategies.

But concerning the way we face climate-change, it seems that on a global scale we act more bold than drunk, free-climbing teenagers singing in the air: “They say maybe we fall, but we say – maybe we fly… “

Illustration of a huge hand reaching out of the ocean for a city. Hiking drawing by Frits Ahlefeldt
The hand of sea-level rise.

(Drawing ref. Di00008 )

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About Frits Ahlefeldt

Painting watercolors, researching, writing & sketching up thoughts, understandings and ideas for a sustainable future, connecting thrive, trails, places and technology

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