"There Is No Cavalry" - Cities Face Prospect Of Dealing With Climate Issues On Their Own

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2. Not quite so fast.

First world countries have enough capital and resources to stem some of the major effects of climate change in the short and medium term, their fundamental problem however is that they are dependent on oil to do so. It leads to a vicious cycle because every action to combat the effects of global warming only creates more greenhouse gases. They will only collapse when peak oil is reached and they are unable to produce enough energy to combat the effects.

Third world countries, however will suffer rapidly and brutally. Many lack major manufacturing and have little capacity to build major levy systems, sea walls, etc. to combat serious sea level rise. Those are the countries that will collapse in the next several decades.