Environment
Governments and communities are largely unprepared to address the cascading impacts of climate-related hazards, let alone proactively prepare for them.

The era of climate change is happening now. Governments and communities are largely unprepared to address the cascading impacts of climate-related hazards, let alone proactively prepare for them. Thus far, the piecemeal approach to addressing the impacts of climate change has been ineffective in reducing the health and economic burden in American communities, and is no longer sufficient to address accelerating impacts. This lack of coordinated, efficient, innovative investment in climate resilience, to increasing urgent hazards such as extreme heat, risks undermining progress, and incurring substantial economic costs.

FAS takes a multipronged approach to address the myriad challenges in this arena – working to: