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According to the UN, approximately 40 percent of the world’s population live within 100 kilometers of the sea. Globally, over two thirds of the largest cities are located on the coast, housing around a quarter of a billion people, with 80 percent of the world's mega-cities having some form of coastal influence. Now and in the near future these communities will have to face the very real threat of rising sea levels and an increase in both frequency and strength of storm surges. By 2050, it is forecast that sea level rise and flooding worldwide will cost one trillion U.S. dollars annually. According to the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), if no further action is taken in the form of defenses by 2100, the annual cost could increase to between 14 and 27 trillion U.S. dollars globally. Although often seen as a future threat, it is imperative that landowners and developers, city planners, local and national governments, as well as insurance companies act now in order to mitigate the risks to real estate from both coastal and inland flooding.