From Bail Out to Righting the Course: The Commonsense Action the United States Must Take to Address Its Flood Crisis

The threats of the climate change crisis and sea level rise to U S. infrastructure, military readiness, food security and the economy are most evident in America floodplains, where the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has worsened flooding and floodplain development by providing insurance policies that obscure risk and provide discounted coverage. Meanwhile, the United States contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions, which fuels the climate change crisis and worsens flooding The disconnect between subsidizing development in floodplains and the fact that the United States has made those floodplains even more vulnerable to flooding by leasing federal fossil fuels that contribute to the climate change crisis and sea level rise has cost U S taxpayers billions of dollars and put millions of people and our nation most imperiled species at increased risk.