“It will take investment from all levels of government, the private sector, and each of us individually to mitigate the risks.”The administration also announced a new effort by NASA to measure the effects of climate change. The administration has moved quickly on climate change, convening a summit of world leaders in April and announcing an aggressive new target to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by half by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. But experts are increasingly urging the federal government to help prepare communities for the destructive impact of that warming. Last week, Mr. Biden signed an executive order that reinstated an Obama-era rule imposing higher standards on federally funded construction in flood zones. (The White House initially said Mr. Biden had reinstated that rule on his first day in office, but later said that wasn’t the case.)

Source: New York Times May 24, 2021 17:39 UTC