1/ The report of the House Select Committee on the Climate Emergency offers dozens of recommendations on climate resilience. They may sound technical and bureaucratic, but these six actions can be game-changers:
https://bit.ly/2ZjHcjY 
@ClimateCrisis
2/ Congress should authorize a new long-term climate adaptation funding program that supports the National Climate Adaptation Plan. It should use a means-tested approach to provide a mix of grants and loan financing.
3/ Congress should establish a Climate Risk Information Service to develop and maintain a centralized portal for access to authoritative climate risk information geared toward public- and private-sector decision-makers.
4/ Congress should create a community-wide flood insurance program under the NFIP available for purchase by communities...that would provide flood insurance coverage to meet federal lending requirements and also protect properties that do not have federally-backed loans.
5/ Congress should amend the Stafford Act to provide protection and assistance to low-income people who are seeking federal disaster recovery assistance to relocate from flood- or wildfire-prone areas to comparable replacement housing in less risky areas.
6/ Congress should create a new program to provide long-term federal investment to help rural communities overcome barriers to support comprehensive and locally driven community and economic development for resilience.
7/ And Congress should increase funding for NFIP mapping and direct FEMA to enhance and ensure the technical integrity and usefulness of NFIP flood hazard and risk information taking into account changing storm and flood frequency and severity due to climate change.
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