Climate Resilience

Climate change is an urgent issue we face together. On this page, learn how we are addressing climate change and find resources for emergency managers.

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FEMA and the Changing Climate

Understand FEMA’s role in and resources for addressing climate change, along with tools to help you know your climate risk.

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Initiatives

Climate Change Enterprise Steering Group

Co-chaired by the Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation (OEHP) and the Office of Response and Recovery (ORR), including leadership representation from every FEMA component, the Climate Adaptation Enterprise Steering Group (ESG):

  • Identifies strategic opportunities and barriers to further advance adaption and environmental justice through FEMA programs and activities in both short- and long-term actions.
  • Evaluates opportunities and barriers to advance equitable climate action across FEMA program

Press Releases

FEMA Announces Selections of FY21 Mitigation Grant Programs to Make Communities More Resilient, New York and New Jersey Included
On Monday, Aug. 1, Vice President Kamala Harris and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced the selections and status of subapplications of its Fiscal Year 2021 pre-disaster hazard mitigation grant programs, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA).
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Biden-Harris Administration Announces over $1 Billion in Project Selections to Make Communities More Resilient to Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events
WASHINGTON—Today, Vice President Kamala Harris, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas, and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced the selections for $1.16 billion in climate resilience funding through two competitive grant programs to help communities across the nation enhance climate and disaster resiliency.
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FEMA, USDA and DOI Jointly Establish New Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Department of the Interior (DOI) and FEMA today announced the establishment of a Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission.
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ICYMI – FEMA Administrator Highlights Advancing Climate Resilience to Western Governors
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell addressed the nation’s western governors today at the Western Governors' Association 2021 Winter Meeting in Coronado, California.
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FEMA Announces Initial Initiatives to Advance Climate Change Resilience
FEMA announced two key initiatives to advance climate change adaptation and promote disaster risk reduction and community resilience nationwide.
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Biden Administration Commits Historic $3.46 Billion in Hazard Mitigation Funds to Reduce Effects of Climate Change
FEMA makes hazard mitigation program funds from coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic available nationwide. President Biden today approved more than $3.46 billion to increase resilience to the impacts of climate change nationwide. This significant investment will be available for natural hazard mitigation measures across the 59 major disaster declarations issued due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.
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FEMA Administrator Releases Video Message to the Public for Assistance in Strengthening Programs
WASHINGTON -- To help gain additional responses to FEMA’s public Request for Information, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell released a video message today urging stakeholders, community groups and general citizens to help shape the agency’s future.
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FEMA Sponsored Art Installation Opens to Denver Community
A new installation entitled Community Forms by artist Matt Barton opened to the public today. The work was partially funded by a grant from FEMA under its ArtWorks initiative.
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Emergency Management in a Changing Climate

The challenges posed by climate change, such as more intense storms, frequent heavy precipitation, heat waves, drought, extreme flooding and higher sea levels could significantly alter the types and magnitudes of hazards faced by communities and the emergency management professionals serving them. Emergency managers should adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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Knowledge and Capacity

Strategy and Policy

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