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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMAP: Is Your State Ready for Climate Disasters?
Whether it's wildfires in the West, drought in the Midwest, or sea level rise on the Eastern seaboard, chances are good your state is in for its own breed of climate-related disasters. Every state is required to file a State Hazard Mitigation Plan with FEMA, which lays out risks for that state and its protocols for handling catastrophe. But as a new analysis from Columbia University's Center for Climate Change Law reveals, many states' plans do not take climate change into account.
Michael Gerrard, the Center's director, said his team combed through all 50 reports to see how accurately and comprehensively climate change was taken into consideration, if at all, and grouped them into four ranked categories:
1.No discussion of climate change or inaccurate discussion of climate change.
2.Minimal mention of climate change related issues.
3.Accurate but limited discussion of climate change and/or brief discussion with acknowledgement of need for future inclusion.
4.Thorough discussion of climate change impacts on hazards and climate adaptation actions.
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http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2013/11/your-state-ready-climate-disasters
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MAP: Is Your State Ready for Climate Disasters? (Original Post)
n2doc
Nov 2013
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spanone
(135,802 posts)1. florida, republican stupid.
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)2. The usual suspects
Some things never change.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)3. The top half of the mitten
on up in MI is pretty safe, thankfully. It's pure Rethug in Lansing so it's a good thing our biggest danger is a lot of snow, which we are very prepared for.
I feel sorry for some of those other states though.
Julie
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)4. Iowa thanks you, Governor Terry Brain-dead!