Global warming and the tourist boom threaten the coast of Albania

Tirana, Albania. From Velipoja in the delta of the Buna River, where waves destroy a hundred-year-old pine forest, to Golem, where construction accelerates erosion, the coast of Albania has been hit by global warming and uncontrolled urbanization. Sea levels have risen on average 10 centimeters worldwide from 1993 to 2023 due to climate change, according to the US space agency NASA. "From 273 kilometers of Adriatic coast of Albania, about 154 km…