What can we learn about coping with climate change from the crash of the cargo ship Dali into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, the US? Dali lost both engine power and its generator at the same time, leaving it adrift and unable to correct its course. The bridge was fully up to code when constructed in 1972, but the size of cargo ships has increased more than tenfold since then. Dali had an experienced pilot who recognised the impending disaster. With just three minu