As Climate Change Strains Federal Funds, FY16 Budget Request Invests in Resilience

摘要

The Obama administration is making the case for investing in efforts to stem the risks of climate change as economic damage from rising seas, increasingly extreme weather events and other impacts put a growing strain on the federal government's budget. "The ability of policymakers to make smart investment decisions and to steward the Federal budget over the long term is increasingly dependent on understanding the Federal Government's exposure to climate risks," according to an analysis included as part of the president's fiscal year 2016 budget request, released Feb. 2.