President Obama has issued a directive that establishes a task force comprising state, local and tribal leaders to recommend ways to address the impact of climate change. One goal is to make infrastructure more resilient.
In a Nov. 1 executive order, Obama said the 26-member panel, whose members include California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and Carmel, Ind., Mayor James Brainard (R), would advise the administration on reducing barriers to fund resilient infrastructure, modernizing federal grants to support local efforts and developing data and other tools that agencies need to prepare for climate change.