GAO Sees No ‘Measurable Progress’ On Curbing Federal Climate Risks

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is again tagging the federal government’s fiscal exposure to climate change risks as a “high risk” area requiring top-level attention from Congress and the executive branch, finding in a new report that officials have made no “measurable progress” in reducing the risk. While the finding, in a March 2 report , largely reiterates past concerns, it provides fresh support for the Biden administration’s “whole-of-government” approach for prioritizing the issue and its effort to make infrastructure...