If the ice caps fully melted, that's 60-70 meters of sea level rise. Well before we reach that point, the Netherlands will be lost. There's simply no building dikes which approach that level. Even if that's not within your lifetime, it's not outside of the realm of the possibility that your grandchildren would be facing that eventuality.
> If the circulation weakens, Northwestern Europe would experience the most pronounced cooling. Under global warming of +2°C, a cold extreme that currently occurs once every ten years in the Netherlands could drop to -20°C — around fifteen degrees colder than in the pre-industrial climate, according to the same climate model. In Scotland the cold extreme could reach -30°C, a full 23 degrees colder than in the late 19th century.
https://www.uu.nl/en/publication/what-will-happen-to-europe-...
Also -20 sounds better than +40. But that’s a preference lol
>We know for sure when we arrive at that point.
The moment you do arrive at the -20 every year point means that:
* You've spent the previous 40 years in denial that it happens more and more often
* You're on the path to -30 already, with no way to stop it.
So, no, we won't "wait and see", no.