Cathy Duke has seen a lot running Destination St John's for more than a decade, and has a lot to say about how the tourism industry in Newfoundland and Labrador has changed and where its focus needs to be in the years ahead.

Roads, beaches, historic sites, and other coastal features around Newfoundland and Labrador are highly vulnerable to sea level rise and annual flooding by the end of the decade, should climate change continue unchecked. The locations most at risk are mapped out at Climate Central, using the latest data from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Climate change is an urgent threat to coastal communities. The challenge is finding ways to fight it.