Scientists Seek National Climate Resilience Plan To Enable Local Efforts

Scientists and advocates are urging the federal government to craft a coherent, cross-government plan for improving the country’s resilience to climate change, arguing that local communities are not getting the data, finances and other support they need to withstand increasing extreme weather events. “Climate change at the national and global scales is not something that can be ignored, is not going away, and the impacts are going to become increasingly worse,” William Solecki, a professor in the geography and environmental...