"sea level can be expected to rise by over 1m by 2100.... explain how we are to adapt when housing is drowned by rising sea levels"

Do you know anybody that lives in a house which is 100 years old? I'm sure it wont be difficult to adapt to this one, houses get demolished and rebuilt at a greater rate than sea levels are predicted to rise. ditto for transport infrastructure, however I'm not sure how you see higher temperatures destroying our rail/road networks.

Personally I believe adaption is quite alot easier than many people believe. Perhaps with age many of you lose your imagination. Do you think anybody living 100 years ago thought that they could video call someone on the other side of the world or go and buy some preserved/ refrigerated food from the local shops?

Stezza you are not thinking of the reality and what we stand to lose. It is a lot more than a few houses.

How will you all feel when beachside homeowners convince governments that they are too important/rich to be left at the mercy of a rising sea and get them to pass laws allowing them to "protect" their property with seawalls and dikes. The resulting erosion will leave nothing in the way of beaches only waves battering up against walls of rock and concrete. Gone will be our surfclubs and rockpools. Bondi will be a distant memory and the same will happen Australia wide. A few beaches without houses built behind them will survive by retreating inland but all of our best and most loved beaches will be gone. One big series of storms like 1974 and it will all be gone overnight.
Maybe that is what it will take to wake people up!