Climate change adaptation by federal agencies : plans, efforts, and issues / David Peterson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Peterson, David, editor.

Series:

Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.

Climate Change and its Causes, Effects and Prediction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

Climatic changes--Government policy--United States.

Climatic changes.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (153 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Though Congress has debated the significance of global climate change and what federal policies, if any, should address them, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) since 2013 has identified the changing climate as one of the 30 most significant risks facing the federal government. President Obama established adaptation as a prominent part of his Climate Action Plan in June 2013. The November 2013 Executive Order 13653, Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change, directed agencies to undertake vulnerability assessments and planning for adaptation. The Administration aime

Contents:

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES: PLANS, EFFORTS, AND ISSUES; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES: PLANS, EFFORTS, AND ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BY FEDERAL AGENCIES: AN ANALYSIS OF PLANS AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS; Chapter 2: EXECUTIVE ORDER 13653, PREPARING THE UNITED STATES FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 23, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-984-0