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Examining How Federal Infrastructure Policy Could Help Mitigate And Adapt To Climate Change: Hearing Before The H. Comm. On Transp. & Infrastructure, 116th Cong., Feb. 26, 2019 (Statement Of Vicki Arroyo), Vicki Arroyo Feb 2019

Examining How Federal Infrastructure Policy Could Help Mitigate And Adapt To Climate Change: Hearing Before The H. Comm. On Transp. & Infrastructure, 116th Cong., Feb. 26, 2019 (Statement Of Vicki Arroyo), Vicki Arroyo

Testimony Before Congress

As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in November, describes, the United States is already experiencing serious impacts of climate change—and the risks to communities all across the country are growing rapidly.

These findings, along with those in the 2018 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)report, are clear and should be a call to immediate action. Even if we manage to limit planetary warming to just 2 degrees C, the world will still face increased chances of economic and social upheaval from more severe flooding, droughts, heatwaves, and other climate impacts as well as devastating environmental consequences, the IPCC report …