Water is important

 

Water, especially fresh, drinkable water, is quite important.

New Orleans, and particularly coastal communities downriver, are learning that. 

When to act on climate change? Before your drinking water turns salty.

"This lesson applies across the country. With what used to be once-in-a-century storms coming every decade, regions prone to flooding must prepare now: hardening their infrastructure, protecting wetlands and prohibiting development in areas that make no sense. And as wildfires become more common and more intense, states must update building codes and revamp their risk maps, as Oregon is doing."