During an event earlier this month, writers from four coastal cities — Vancouver, New York, Mumbai and Tokyo — typed out their thoughts about the prospect of rising sea levels. Their words were projected on a large screen in Vancouver's Olympic Village, and a youth choir sang them out to the public. In addition, a photography project on display showed how residents imagine they may be impacted by rising sea levels in and around False Creek. The choir and photography were part of an event marking the end of the first phase of the Sea2City Design Challenge, a City of Vancouver project that aims to look at how the city can adapt to rising sea levels — particularly in the False Creek floodplain — and address the social, economic and ecological impacts coastal flooding will have in the future.