House Passes Climate Resiliency Measure as Part of FAA Reauthorization
Statement of Jeremy Symons, Senior Advisor, EDF Action – April 27, 2018
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Today, as part of the Reauthorization Bill for the Federal Aviation Administration, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan climate resiliency measure (the PREPARE Act, H.R. 4177).
“The past year of multi-billion dollar hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and more confirms that better preparation for the impacts of climate change can save money and lives. Republicans and Democrats must come together to strengthen the resilience of communities across the country, and the PREPARE Act is a step in the right direction in helping communities and the federal government understand, prepare, and plan for increasingly severe extreme weather events.”
—Jeremy Symons, Senior Advisor, EDF Action.
The PREPARE Act builds off existing extreme weather mitigation and resilience efforts to increase agency planning and preparedness by:
- Creating an interagency oversight council to implement government-wide resilience, preparedness, and risk management priorities and ensure proper funding and implementation for these initiatives
- Working with local and state planners to identify regional issues and facilitating the adoption of resilience, preparedness, and risk management best practices
- Establishing a regional coordination plan to ensure greater coordination and information sharing to ensure cost-effectiveness, complementarity, and optimal reach to regional, local, and sectorial decision-makers and stakeholders.
