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The White House today released its preeminent climate change report. The Fifth National Climate Assessment finds that even though annual U.S. greenhouse gas emissions dropped 12% between 2005 and 2019, climate change-fueled extreme weather events are rapidly intensifying, becoming costlier and disproportionately harming underserved, overburdened communities.
In conjunction with the report, the Biden administration announced more than $6 billion for climate resilience programs, including those to reduce flood risk, strengthen the electric grid and address communities’ environmental justice needs.
The climate assessment for the first time includes a chapter on the economic impacts of climate change and opportunities of climate action, and a chapter on social systems and justice. The report includes a web-based map showing state- and county-level climate projections, and the White House plans to publish insights from 13 recent roundtable discussions it held on climate resilience.
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