Jan 4, 2023 · FEMA’s Role in Addressing Climate Change. Before disasters: We work with—and invest funds in—communities to withstand the climate hazards of today and those we can anticipate for tomorrow.

Jan 21, 2025 · Disaster incidents are rising due to increased human vulnerability, exposure and a changing climate. From extreme heat, drought and wildfires to more severe coastal storms, sea-level rise and inland flooding, the consequences are all around us.

Aug 16, 2022 · These funds support FEMA’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan goal of leading “whole of community in climate resilience” and encourage state, tribal, territories, and local partners to make strategic investments to build climate-resilient communities.

Jul 14, 2023 · The FEMA National Planning Branch has published guidance for emergency response and recovery using climate expertise from throughout NOAA. This document was vetted by NOAA climate experts in flooding, wildfire, drought, heat, hurricanes, and resilience planning.

Climate-service practitioners. Individuals or groups who work with communities—often as consultants—to assess and address climate-related vulnerability and risk. Practitioners have expertise in climate and in risk management; they can help a community document its climate-related hazards and produce a climate action plan.

Dec 9, 2021 · President Joe Biden ’s Federal Emergency Management Agency is putting climate front and center in its new four-year strategic planning document, after the Trump administration erased all mention...

Jan 19, 2024 · The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes...

Adapting to changing climate conditions limits risk and maximizes opportunities, helping to promote more resilient communities. Climate adaptation requires whole community climate literacy and empowered, risk-informed decision making based on new ways of thinking.

Aug 28, 2023 · In a record-breaking year of disasters, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is announcing nearly $3 billion Monday for communities to build resiliency against climate change-fueled...

Climate resilience requires the whole community to increase climate literacy and empower risk-informed decision making based on new ways of thinking. FEMA has developed this Exercise Starter Kit (ESK) with sample documents for your organization/jurisdiction to use to conduct your own exercise on essential aspects of climate resilience.