> And any positives e.g. better shipping from APAC to Europe (relatively useless)
Shipping volumes say otherwise!
> pale in comparison to the negatives e.g. all of the Pacific islands disappearing.
That's a postulate that remains to be proven. If we are talking about usable landmasses, a few islands disappearing is dwarfed by the unthawing of Siberia + if you prefer islands, the new islands that will be made from Antarctica.
There will be costs, and there will be gains.
> the people most affected will be the poor and the disadvantaged.
The opportunity of a mass migration from poor and mismanaged countries to better run countries or mostly empty places is a once-in-a-millenium event - last seen with Christopher Columbus in America.
Shipping volumes say otherwise!
> pale in comparison to the negatives e.g. all of the Pacific islands disappearing.
That's a postulate that remains to be proven. If we are talking about usable landmasses, a few islands disappearing is dwarfed by the unthawing of Siberia + if you prefer islands, the new islands that will be made from Antarctica.
There will be costs, and there will be gains.
> the people most affected will be the poor and the disadvantaged.
The opportunity of a mass migration from poor and mismanaged countries to better run countries or mostly empty places is a once-in-a-millenium event - last seen with Christopher Columbus in America.