occur, over the next 50 and 100 years, and a study found that for portland, sea level, it is expected to rise, between ten to 17 inches, by 2050 and between 31 to 69 inches by 2100. executed. and this proposed study represents the staff and a larger effort to address the sea level rise and bewe know that it will impact our property and far less is known about adaptation strategies. and the map here, is the sea wall from china basin north as you see as part of the embarcadero national district and the sea wall south appear 54 was constructed after the 1950s, and my poor attempt to show you where mission creek is located. and mission creek provides a really ideal location to study adaptation strategies because it is one of the lowest lying areas. and storm water run off from mission bay, also trains to mission creek and complicating future flooding events and this is an ideal place to study and this graphic shows the existing condition in green, and in red, the 2050 scenario, and with 15 inches of sea level rise and in blue, the scenario with a55 inches of sea level rise. >> this propos

rise and in blue, the scenario with a55 inches of sea level rise. >> this proposed study is the out growth of prior sea level rise work and led by dcdc on its adaptation adapting to rising tides project and this project is a collaborativive planning effort to help san francisco communities to adapt to the rise and event flooding. this project has engaged local regional and state and federal agency and organizations as well as non-profits and private association. together this project, team and its partners are working towards the project goal of increasing the bay area's preparedness and the sea level rise and strong events and protecting critical systems dcdc led the project study in concert with the dutch knowledge for the climate research program. >> this is the study in the map here. >> furtherance of this project, delta alliance has awarded the engineering firm which specializes in coastal engineering and 80,000 grant for the project area, mission creek and this identifying a project area and looking at adaptation and moving to i is a key. >> it requires the city to provide the

we're locked in to additional climate change in the form of higher sea levels which all things being equal could make for stronger typhoons of this sort. i think on the one hand we're seeing countries like the philippines as we heard really leading evidents to reduce their vulnerability. mainstreaming adaptation to climate change into all aspects of decision making, putting in a financial foundation. so this is everything along the coast from hard infrastructure barriers that can help hold out seawater to greener solutions. in some cases trying to reverse long-term trends towards removal of some of these green spaces that are able to capture floodwater, heavy rain events. trying to reverse some of these trends toward de forestation in mountain areas, and these emergency management component getting people away from the coast in the advance of a storm. making buildings stronger and such. so a lot of actions in the right direction, but i think important to highlight as well that there are long-term trends, climate and societal that are simultaneously increasing vulnerability. more peop

these are sea level. it will get windy.k the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. >> thank you. >>> prep operations for the wind storms have been ramping up. ktvu's mike mibach is live to give us a rare view of what it is like to be up in the tree tops when everything is blowing around. >> reporter: chain saws, cherry pickers and trees. that is the scene in lucas valley. >> make sure nothing is on the ground before you cut. >> reporter: a man whose office is in the trees. today with our camera on his helmet he took us up to work and away he went climbing. cutting. preparing for a windy evening and safety he said is priority. >> before i hurt myself the worse fear is hurting someone else. >> reporter: one of the big problems it is not even winter which means there are lot of leaves on the trees. >> they haven't lost the leaves they will catch all this wind tonight. >> reporter: he owns tree masters. the phone buzzing with new business. mid-afternoon tree tops were dancing. all signs of what is to come tonigh

interesting about maryland is that sea level rise is occurring three times faster than that of otherocations. >> denise half is watching property disappearing before her eyes. hurricane isabel 10 years ago broke apart her bulkhead and now every storm steals more of her land. >> this is the type of eruption we would get without a bulkhead. it's just gradually working its way back. >> maryland has the first longest coastline in the united states which adds up to more than 3000 miles vulnerable to rising water. >> here in maryland the coastline is thinking while sea level is rising. >> wjz obtained these maps showing how much land would be lost with only a 4-foot wide in sea level. much of lower cities dealing with this problem. >> flooding today on a more frequent basis could really be the high tide nothing in the future on a daily basis. >> nearly 600 acres of land the road in maryland every year. 13 islands have been lost. >> the lower eastern shore is perhaps our most vulnerable. the entire community. >> long-term that is bad news for maryland. by the end of the century with the wat

studies showed that these factors combined to cause the sea level to rise four millimeters a year. he transports merchandise by boat. about a dozen years ago, he raised the entrance to his canal house by 50 centimeters. more recently, he installed a floodgate. >> translator: it was about 1.5 meters high. it came in over this. i had to empty it out myself. >> reporter: the full room was flooded. he had to buy new furniture. now he places them as high as possible in case of another possible in case of another flood. >> translator: it's expensive, but what else can i do? i was born and raised here, and i don't want to leave. >> reporter: the water touching some walls is enough to make them crumble. the waves from tourist boats also damage the buildings. when waves hit the foundation of buildings weakened by flooding, they are damaged further. the number of tourists increase every year, but the number of residents has declined 10% in the last decade. to help save the city, italy's government has been working on the major construction project. floodgate that rises above the surface. the

as church shows sea levels are rising much faster than the i.p.c.c. predictions these were the predictions at least two thousand and ten. over the last two decades scientists also underestimated the extent of ice melting in the arctic it's disappearing at a much faster clip than even the direst predictions again the blue line is the standard of the predictions these are the different sets of math predicting this and this is what's actually been observed this is where we are right now in just a few years we're going to have our first ice free arctic summer in roughly seven hundred thousand years keep in mind human beings have only been on this planet for one hundred sixty five thousand years seven hundred thousand years before the onset of humanity on top of all of that scientists have also consistently underestimated just how much carbon dioxide we humans are dumping into the atmosphere again with actual measurements now available to us. production project projections for the last couple of decades two thousand and five two thousand and ten this is wh

where the local impacts, and what the current crisis will do and what is not often in waste is what sea level rise will do to communities like this that have toxic steps in them, and when it comes in and mixes with the toxic chemicals and the radioactive chemicals in these neighborhood and both the treasure island and the bay view hunter's point and it will reach all over the place and into the bay and as you know, the neighborhoods are built on the bay fill which is loose soil and in the case of an earthquake, and this just makes it like, where those chemicals will be flying all over the place in these neighborhoods, and so, it is starting to encourage as this program goes forward, and that they, that the contractors also reach out and learn about what they are going to do to impact these brown fill sites and just describe the recommendations go, i would recommend getting ahold in the bay view of green action for health and environmental justice and they are a green action and that is one word, green action.org and in part, and because they do a lot of very important work in that neighborhoo

"consider this" as devastating storms and rising sea levels impact around the world, can anything beone to protect coast at communities. scammers - what to look out for and what is being done about them. veterans day - the changing face of war and soldiers on screen. i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this." we begin with the terrible destruction caused by typhoon haiyan, and the threats of rising sea levels pose to communities around the world and home. first the philippines, 10,000 may have been killed in one city alone, hundreds of thousands have been struggling to survive across the island chain since the typhoon made landfall on friday. i'm joined by al jazeera correspondent craig leeson at cebu, and by lynette lim, from save the children, who was at ground zero at tacloban when the typhoon came ashore. >> the u.n. is going to send aircraft carriers and help as soon as possible, craig leeson, what are you seeing come in now. >> the "george washington" is on its way and other warships will arrive within 48-72 hours. people have come from the okanara base. search and rescue is

projections that sea levels would rise faster than previously thought due to global warming have sent alarm bells ringing in many regions. low-lying cities and islands are most at risk. among them the pacific island nation of kiribati, east of australia. if water levels rise at the pace forecast, this spectacular island country will be one of the first to get submerged and disappear from the face of the earth. as the international community struggles to find consensus on how to deal with global warming, the islanders are taking steps to reach awareness on the issue of climate change at home. >> a new day dons as we approach the international date line over the pacific. we see a crescent-shaped sliver of an island in the vast ocean. we are headed for the island nation of kiribati. tarawa, the main atoll. but this south sea paradise is now under threat from climate change. >> it is very thin. it is low-lying. you can see that sea around the land. if the sea level rise happens, kiribati might disappear in the near future. >> the situation could get critical after 2050. this is koin etuat

is in much of southeast asia sea level rises an it is changing because of sal nation levels. and drought threaten many of the crops in africa. and sourghum is a staple for kids in africa and has very little protein. we now have the capacity to change those things in this hotter, drier world. how much do you make of those changes and how much do they offer? >> there is a lot of promise in that innovation. farmers are very innovative. they experiment all the time. one of the most interesting and powerful innovations happens from farmers themselves. sometimes we get fixated on technology and this debate around gmos and really if you spend time with farmers they're doing experimenttation of their own. some of the very low tech, simple things, basic storage or in africa only 5% of farmland is irrigated. >> julia, i've seen a great video of irrigation where it's simple little tubes and drip, drip, drip opposed to no irrigation or water is wasted because it's evaporated before it gets to the crop, is that what you mean by innovation? something that it can need the planet. >> that's

anticipate the influence of sea level rise.we will use base flood elevation maps from fema, the coastal mapping capabilities of noaa. and a sea level rise calculator from the corps of engineers. this tool yesterday was recognized by the president and was awarded the green government climate change champion award. so the collaboration between our agencies as a result of sandy has already produced a future looking sustainability and tool that we can all use throughout the federal government. in addition, noaa and the corps of engineers are working together to help rebuild more resilient and sustainable coastal communities. while working on post sandy recovery efforts in new york and new jersey, noaa and the corps set systems, rebuilding principles in order to promote a unified strategy for activities in restoring the coast. collaborative efforts on all levels continue to explore and implement solution that reduce risk from coastal storms such as appropriate land use planning, nonstructural solutions, and well communicated evacuat

. >> the more we ignore the problem, the more we get sea level, increased temperature rises, crop failuresrger cost to try to address that. >> reporter: is it too late? >> it's not too late to act if we put our minds to it. we have lots of technology and vines and new policy tools available, but we're wasting time. when we know it's a problem, we've got to resolve it. >> reporter: rising temperatures and melting polar ice are expected to raise the sea level by 12 inches by the year 2050. c02 released today will continue affecting the climate for years to come. john blackstone, cbs news, san francisco. >>> well, the top prize went to a legendary singer. george strait won the cma's entertainer of the year. male vocalist of the year went to blake shelton and female vocalist of the year went to his wife, miranda lambert. >>> last night bruce springsteen headlined a benefit for wounded warriors. ♪ we take care of our own ♪ we take care of our own >> he auctioned off the guitar he played for $250,000. it came with a one-hour lez son. the "stand up for heroes" event hoped to raise $20 million for

rising sea levels are eating away at the coastline here. our insane though it works for the un cultural ministry. dd or grammar works with german agency for international cooperation. the erosion of the land is just one of the challenges facing. or something like daughter the island they meet with fisherman. free to tell them that once that was a white sandy beach here. using primitive means to try and stop the water. hmm was aware from an on going out with the court can gobble up the good of the top. and of the night. prominent criminal the committee. salute to find another job. and for women who saw the show. people don't want to. so they can live with the consequences of climate change. i wanted to make sure that he understood the week is him and me because he's the one second that there has the i dare of what it was before that he's looking for and is currently being impacted. rainy season but for this time of year there's far too little rain farmers be. wouldn't want this to water is from plantations twice a week he's taken out of ten

. >> the more we ignore the problem, the more we get sea level increase temperature rises, crop failures, we pay a larger cost to address that. >> reporter: is it too late? >> it's not too late to act if we put our minds to it. we have lots of technologies and science and new policy tools available. but we're wasting time when we know it's a problem. we've got to solve it. >> reporter: rising temperatures and melting polar ice are expected to raise the sea level by about 12 inches by the year 2050. since carbon dioxide remains in the air for a century or more, scott, c.o.-2 released today will be impacting the climate far into the future. >> pelley: john blackstone on a beautiful day in san francisco. john, thank you very much. today secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius told congress there were 200 flaws in the health care web site but she expects all will be fixed by the end of the month. three and a half million americans have been told that their health plans will be canceled because their plans don't meet the minimum requirements of obamacare. we asked wyatt andre

more than the scientists thought it was so if you take that science othat i raised and the sea level rise and mixing with the chemicals and the earthquake and mixing up with the chemicals more and throwing them all over the community and you add to that a 25-foot tsunami wave hitting the coast of california that will get 8 feet inside of bait as a flood surge, we are talking katrina and sandy and maybe a little bit of (inaudible) thrown in altogether because of the nature of those. so give everything that you can to this community thanks. >> thank you, mr. brooks. >> any other comments? >> seeing none, public comment is closed. and perhaps since we are still handling logistics through the operations maybe we can move this to off line, i would be happy to help around scheduling but that does souped sound like we are down to one of two dates and we have great ideas from donny and some insight tonight and is sounds like there is a direction to find the resources to do this and the support from the public and unless there is any other discussion, i don't know that there is any action to

around three meters above sea level at such low elevation. kiva is on the frontline of global warming. the oceans advance never stops. at high tide the water now covers the land all around the houses here. i said that the best people. a note down south. salt water contaminated this while. and residents have lost their drinking water. farmland is under threat. with this field is now useless for planting crops. it's estimated that chair that has lost about ten percent of its agricultural land for the past decade erie am i re read this in a beachside the ocean residents here have endured repeated flooding and dave had he not. one by one areas neighbors are leaving surrogacy. the many of the buildings yet. one family leave here. there will doubtless you can see the floor of the house. some of the small store and they have. but nothing big and don't have to move out to some other places. this is a long term computer forecasts from the japan meteorological agency and the university of tokyo. it shows that sea level will rise an average of twenty ce

the sea levels which rise aren't going to suddenly recede.at the damages which are likely to occur are already on a trajectory. what we need to do is interrupt that trajectory before it becomes too late. so, sitting back and doing nothing is not a prescription for reducing costs. it's a prescription for having catastrophic economic as well as social and environmental impacts. schoumacher: as the debate continues, scientists are searching for more accurate ways to forecast climate change and pinpoint its causes. this in turn will allow economists to refine their assessment. in november of 2001, the european union, along with japan and canada, ratified the kyoto accords, but the united states pulled back. still, it is expected that the differences eventually will be overcome and the entire international community will work together. for more on cost versus benefit as a policy tool, economic analyst nariman behravesh. unfortunately, the debate about global warming has generated more heat than light. environmental groups assert that global warmin

there's a climate change piece of sea level storms. we see people moving to vulnerable areas. population growth rates 2%. more people are moving to manila and other coastal areas. as you ex tract more ground water, the land is sinking as well. not only sea level rise due to green house gases but development patterns that drop the surface. >> i'm curious. i know island nations have been powerful voices in the international debate about how to address carbon pollution. is there say domestic pollution that it produces as the 13th most pop list country in the world? >> also the third most vulnerable country in the wo rld to be impacted by climate change. we're impacted on average 20 a year. this is the 24th one to hit us. this is a normal occurrence. when working in the philippines senate, i was lobbying for the climate change law and the renewal energy law built in the philippines. philippines is a country with 40% renewable energy. we're contributing very little to the green house gases as you know. i think it's on 2%. the united states and china are contributing to around 50% o

so, there's this climate change piece of greater storms, sea level rise in the future.also see more people moving to some of these vulnerable areas. in the philippines, population growth rates of close to 2%. more people moving to some of these mega cities like manila and other coastal areas. as you extract more groundwater with these large populations, you're actually seeing in a lot of these deltas the land sinking as well, so it's a double whammy. not only sea level rise due to increasing greenhouse gases, but development patterns that drop the surface. >> esperanza, i'm curious. i know that island nations as a kind of coalition have been very powerful, prophetic voices in the national, international debate about how to address carbon pollution. is there a domestic political awareness in the philippines of the threat it poses to what is the 13th most populous country in the world? >> we're not only the 13th most populous country in the world, but we're also the 3rd most vulnerable country by study of the u.n. to be impacted by climate change. we're impacted by these

expected changes in sea level otherextreme weather, and impacts are likely to increase the risks fating these areas. -- facing these areas. together with noah and fema, the corps of engineers developed a helpevel rise tool to communities anticipate the influence of sea level rise. will use base flood elevation maps from fema, the coastal of noaah.pabilities and a sea level rise calculator engineers.rps of this tool yesterday was recognized by the president and awarded the green government climate change champion award. ourhe collaboration between agencies as a result of sandy has already produced a future-looking sustainability and tool that we can all use throughout the federal government. in addition, noaah and the corps of engineers are working moreher to help rebuild resilient and sustainable coastal communities. while working on post sandy york andefforts in new new jersey know ya and the corps set systems, rebuilding principles in order to promote a unified strategy for activities coast.oring the collaborative efforts on all levels continue to explore and that reducelution risk fr

it's about 1,500 feet or so from sea level on king george island in antarctica. here is to see some of the most dramatic evidence anywhere in the world of climate change. over the past 50 years, this region-- the antarctic peninsula, the northwestern part, and the islands around it-- has been going up in temperature about one degree every decade, and that makes the region the fastest-warming place on earth. mayewski is here to drill an ice core, because when ice is laid down, it captures everything in the air. drilling down is drilling through time. >> well, the ice cores are really the only way we have of demonstrating what greenhouse gas levels were like prior to their first measurement by humans, which is really 1957 or so. >> by chemically analyzing the core, he can see what was in the air thousands of years ago. >> one more sample will do it. >> back in maine, mayewski has a vault of hundreds of cores. he once led a team that drilled a glacier core two miles deep. he and his colleagues have found some of the most powerful evidence that man is changing the cl

the fact that sea level has risen already is a result of climate change will rise more. means that those storm surges will order that it takes michael tucker and pushes in. that's now are riding on the higher sea level which means it's more destructive in terms of doing damage to coastal areas in structure and tone. so multiple ways in which we can actually trace out a changed woman actually includes storms like ohio. it's all about them all straight da use make this criticism of australian government just explain to us what that control the sea was all about what i think the important thing down there's the whole issue of the rested on the staunchest been raised again by and we just make a very simple point it is very very strong evidence in court over cable evidence that the climate shift to pacific in coonawarra stayed more energetic state. that is unequivocal. the evidence is overwhelming. also according to the latest ipcc report which assesses all the purity of literature. we are more confident than ever that the primary reason climate warming is human activities ma

to go to the islands of the pacific, the caribbean, indian ocean, and see the impact of rising sea levels. the sea communities can confronting glacial floods. the large deltas of the mequon, the ganges, the amazon, then i'll, where livelihoods are drowned, to the hills of central america that confronts similar hurricanes in the vast savannas of africa where climate change is becoming a matter of life and death as food and water becomes scarce. not to forget the monster storms in the gulf of mexico and the eastern seaboard, as well as the fires that have raged down under. if that is not enough, they may want to see what has happened to the philippines now. mr. president, i need not to elaborate. it tells us simply that climate change will mean in the increased potential for more intense, close dorms. this will have profound implications on many of our communities, especially those that trouble against the development crisis and the climate crisis. typhoons such as haiyan and its impact serve as a reminder to the international community that we cannot delay action. warsaw must deliver ambit

they're only around 500 feet above sea level, oakland is 2,500 feet above sea level.s in the mid to upper 40s. it is a chilly night. it will not be as cold tonight as it was last night. a lot of temperatures in the mid to upper 20s. downtown in the upper 30s. southeast and east winds in the area not that strong. tomorrow looks like they go more back to the east, southeast at least part of the day to bring in milder air. there's a front out to the west, shower activity in texas up through the midwest. the mississippi valley area into portions of wisconsin. it's just cold enough behind this low pressure, you can see it spin there, to have snow hit nebraska this morning. most of the country is not super, super cold. we have some clouds, warmer air riding over this chilly dry air that we have. that's what creates the clouds. the warm air is force aloft over the top of the coal surface and creates clouds. to the west us of light sprinkle activity in indiana, western ohio and kentucky. it doesn't look like we will see that until thursday. we're going to warm up as this high

they blame carbon emissions for rising temperatures melting ice and higher sea levels. they say in mission cuts are the only way to prevent major climate change. in warsaw, there is no agreement. the e.u. wants balloting nations emerging more cuts -- nations to pledge more cuts. she says china, india, and venezuela are blocking progress of the talks. those countries have hit back. >> if you have a difference, bring it up at the negotiations. by going to the media and attacking negotiating partners, the e.u. chief is responsible for damaging the atmosphere of confidence and trust in this process. theegotiators hope to lay foundation for a new climate deal to be signed in 2015, but they have been unable to agree on a timetable for cuts or who will pay for them. europe wants clear goals by the end of next year, while the u.s. in some developing countries want more time. authorities in the netherlands say they are working on a deal to enable the crew of the greenpeace ship to leave russia. this after an international law of the sea court ordered russia to release the activi

they are nine feet below sea level. there's a levy right over here. only thing that has changed is how the government calculates how much homeowners have to pay. the price of a little peace and quiet. >> an old pig farm in 1961. >> reporter: just went way up for mike and sandy parsons. >> i just got this a few days ago. >> what did you think when you saw that bill. >> typo. that's what our insurance agent said, too. it must be a typo. >> reporter: but it wasn't. the flood insurance premium on this 1,500 square foot house on bethel island went from 2100 to $12,600 a year. >> that's for no contents, just the structure. >> reporter: their policy and millions of others through fema's national flood insurance program just got a major overhaul in congress. devastating storms, including hurricane katrina, caused the program to go $24 billion in debt. now a new law to make the program sustainable is coming at a huge cost. on bethel island, the parsons say some of their neighbors have seen their rates go even higher. >> $40,000 one resident out here. another r