ABSTRACT
To date, the federal government has taken an inconsistent approach to dealing with the issues and impacts of climate change. Although it has provided considerable support to investigating and analyzing the issues surrounding climate change, it has been less aggressive in promoting policies and programs that specifically address the impacts of climate change. Instead, certain federal programs designed to support risk reduction, or mitigation of natural hazards, when implemented have demonstrated collateral and unintended benefits in addressing the impacts of climate change on our communities. These programs clearly illustrate that implementing certain mitigation actions in a community will reduce the impacts of future disasters aggravated by climate change.
