Focus and Fund: Executing Our Way to a Federal Climate Change Adaptation Plan
20 Pages Posted: 5 Apr 2014 Last revised: 1 May 2014
Date Written: December 3, 2013
Abstract
Because of the failure to pass comprehensive climate change legislation, United States federal actions on climate change adaptation have been focused in the executive branch. An examination of these policies reveal that they are accomplishing some policy goals but that the key elements of "funding and focus" are missing. This paper proposes a more focused executive branch policy to prioritize adaptation goals and funding.
Keywords: climate change, adaptation, climate change adaptation, executive action, resilience, disaster response, environmental law, federal agencies
JEL Classification: D60, D63, H53, K10, K11, K32, Q28
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