August 31, 2021
Artnet News
Dams, Floodgates, and Submarine Doors: Museums are Spending Millions to Protect their Art as Sea Levels Rise
It isn’t only museums near coastlines that are at risk.
Released during a summer of catastrophic wildfires and floods, the latest report from the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was published in early August, paints a grim picture.
Sea level rise threatens entire island nations. Deadly floods will get worse. The U.N. Secretary General, António Guterres, called the report a “code red for humanity.” The IPCC report says things will only worsen in the coming decades, even if CO2 emissions are eliminated now.
Museums, just like other institutions, are now facing existential challenges.
