CORPS DEVELOPS STRATEGIES FOR CLIMATE ADAPTATION

摘要

According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, its entire portfolio of existing and proposed civil-works water-resources infrastructure projects and programs could be affected by climate change. As a result, Jo Ellen Darcy, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, released a policy statement in June 2011 that called for integrating climate change and adaptation into all the projects the Corps does. The Corps established a team and several committees that are dedicated to developing climate-change strategies and adaptation plans. They work closely with other federal agencies, including the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Federal Emergency Management Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a coordinated approach that uses the best "actionable" science.