Denmark has started work on a 271-acre man-made peninsula devised to shield its capital, Copenhagen, from rising sea levels.
In January 2022, a team of developers, architects and environmental consultants began work on a 50-year project that — if completed — will become one of Denmark's most ambitious and controversial infrastructure schemes to date: A 271-acre man-made peninsula devised to shield its capital, Copenhagen, from rising sea levels.
Those opposing Lynetteholm worry construction of the peninsula is already damaging habitats and contaminating surrounding waters, poisoning the city's harbors and disturbing the delicately balanced salinity of the Baltic sea. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts 9 to 12 additional inches of global sea-level rise by 2050, on top of the 8 to 9 inches already it has already risen since the industrial revolution. Research predicts Copenhagen will be one of the regions most affected by rising sea levels — with parts of the city already sitting just a few feet above the sea's surface.
"If it were a vertical wall, it would become fragile were the sea levels rise on top with waves," he added."But here, we can better accumulate the waves with a beach landscape that absorbs them with a more natural approach." 35,000 new homes are scheduled to be built on Lynetteholm's flatlands, and although the IPCC advises against new developments in"exposed coastal locations," it does recommend construction projects that prioritize protecting ecosystems."We're creating habitats, either naturally or artificially, to create environments for fish, shellfish, seagrass," said Schrøder."It's not a design, it's designing a process that will evolve over time.
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