If sea levels rise by 10 meters (roughly the height of a 3–4 story building), millions of people may be displaced. The bigger legal challenge will be water laws and property rights.
Who owns submerged land? Who has docking rights when land becomes scarce? How will international borders be respected—or redrawn—when coastlines vanish? These questions are far more pressing than endless bureaucratic debates over carbon credits. And history shows us that humanity adapts best when governments step out of the way.