Climate Change: Background, Funding and Impacts

This report examines the role of federal agencies in addressing climate change as a potential driver of global migration,federal funding for climate change programs,the costs of recent weather disasters,the Endangered Species Act and its implications for climate change,international financial assistance for global environmental problems,the impact of President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on U.S. foreign policy and international cooperation,and the mitigation and adaptation measures for climate change in surface transportation. The report also discusses policy instruments for reducing GHG emissions and the regular National Climate Assessment reports produced by the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Format: Hardback
Length: 370 pages
Publication date: 01 July 2022
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers Inc

The impact of human activities and natural factors on observed global climate change has been a central question in the realm of climate change. Chapter 1 delves into the evolution of scientific understanding and confidence regarding the drivers of recent global climate change. Chapter 2 explores how U.S. agencies address climate change as a potential driver of global migration. Chapter 3 examines reported federal funding from 2010 to 2017, assessing the extent to which such funding is clearly linked to the federal fiscal exposure to climate change, the extent to which selected agencies reported climate change funding that supports programs with the primary purpose of addressing climate change, and the extent to which these programs are fragmented, overlapping, or duplicative. The costs of recent weather disasters underscore the urgent need for proactive planning and investment in resilience as highlighted in Chapter 4. For over a decade, federal agencies have grappled with how to address climate change effects while implementing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA). As mandated by Congress, one of the primary purposes of the ESA is to conserve the ecosystems upon which endangered and threatened species depend. Chapter 5 analyzes the courts' role in shaping how the Services have factored climate change effects into ESA decisions and recent regulatory developments in 2019 aimed at clarifying how the Services consider and address climate change in their ESA decisions. Many governments recognize that environmental degradation and climate change pose international and trans-boundary risks to human populations, economies, and ecosystems. International financial assistance, often referred to as foreign aid, has been a key response to these challenges.

Weight: 620g
ISBN-13: 9781536172164