Or to spin it another way, they are hopeful that people will respond to the dire predictions, stop contributing to global warming, and as a result sea level rise won't exceed about a 1 meter.
Michael E. Mann wrote "Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming". He lives in Amherst, at about 90 m elevation.
The "the actuality of sea level changes where they live" is zero for him, as there is no sea where he lives, and it would take a very large increase for it to reach him.
It does seem at odds with the predictions they are popularising.