The Selecting Climate Information to Use in Climate Risk and Impact Assessment guide for federal agency climate adaptation planners can be found here.
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Responding to the Financial Impacts of Climate Change
By Laura H. Gillam, Associate Director for Climate, Energy, Environment, and Science, Office of Management and Budget & Wesley E. Yin, Chief Economist, Office of Management and Budget Every Earth Day, Americans come together to celebrate our world and renew our commitment to be good stewards of our planet. What was true 54 years ago…
FACT SHEET: Fifth National Climate Assessment Details Impacts of Climate Change on Regions Across the United States
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) highlights the ways in which all regions in the United States are currently experiencing harmful impacts of climate change. One of the most direct ways that Americans experience climate change is through increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. So far this year, the United States…
A Progress Report on Climate-Energy-Macro Modeling
Climate change presents intensifying physical risks across the Nation. In addition, the global shift away from carbon-intensive energy sources and industrial processes presents transition risks to workers, firms, and communities. Both physical and transition risks will have consequences for the economy, society, and overall well-being. The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to sound financial and fiscal…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Leverages Historic U.S. Climate Leadership at Home and Abroad to Urge Countries to Accelerate Global Climate Action at U.N. Climate Conference (COP28)
Since day one, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have treated climate change as the existential threat of our time. After spearheading the most significant climate action in history at home and leading efforts to tackle the climate crisis abroad, the United States heads into the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference…
Ocean Climate Action Plan
The Ocean Policy Committee’s Ocean Climate Action Plan can be accessed here.
Readout from Climate Risk Modeling Roundtable
Last week, the Council of Economic Advisers, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and the Council on Environmental Quality, hosted a roundtable discussion on climate modeling for risk management applications. The meeting brought together leaders of U.S.…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Launches American Climate Corps to Train Young People in Clean Energy, Conservation, and Climate Resilience Skills, Create Good-Paying Jobs and Tackle the Climate Crisis
In its first year, the American Climate Corps will put more than 20,000 young people on career pathways in the growing fields of clean energy, conservation and climate resilience Since taking office, President Biden has delivered on the most ambitious climate, clean energy, conservation, and environmental justice agenda in history – signing into law the…
Climate Change and Environmental Injustice as Social Determinants of Health
By Erica Kimmerling, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant Director for Community Driven Health The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to improving the health and well-being of all Americans. To enable all people to lead full and healthy lives within their communities, the social and environmental factors that impact health outcomes must be…
Remarks by President Biden on Actions to Address the Climate Crisis
South Court AuditoriumEisenhower Executive Office Building 10:40 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Well, I told Ritika: When she’s president, don’t forget me. (Laughter.) Ritika, thank you for that introduction and your beautiful artwork. You all see the artwork? Can you see it up here? It’s on the right side; I don’t know if…
