Sweta Chakraborty, PhD’s Post

VA's 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan marks a significant milestone in addressing climate change implications for veterans. From enhancing facility resilience to improving emergency responses, learn how VA plans to sustain its mission amidst growing environmental challenges. #VeteranSupport #ClimateReadiness #VAInitiatives #SustainableFuture #HealthcareResilience

In light of the recent Climate Change Committee report, I thought I'd share two short papers we've put out this year on planning for climate resilience. In March, we released Climate Resilience in Local Plans (https://lnkd.in/eAfcP7mk) which looks at how the current system for development factors in the unavoidable impacts of climate change. In June, we examined how a statutory definition of resilience might be arrived at, in the paper Defining Resilience (https://lnkd.in/e6G-QjCp). Both papers are part of our ongoing campaign for a Local Resilience Act which would both fortify and simplify the role of local authorities in ensuring climate resilience. You can read more about the campaign and how you can get invovled here: https://lnkd.in/eXmgP4tJ #localgovernment #netzero #resilience

The document warns climate change will stretch public sector capacity, with implications for essential services including water, health care and emergency services. https://hubs.li/Q01ZypwN0

Great to see these updated Agency Climate Adaptation Plans! They expand efforts to ensure agency facilities, employees, resources, and operations are resilient to climate change impacts. This work also supports the Administration's National Climate Resilience Framework. https://lnkd.in/gcvBVBCU

It’s time to end the 'false argument' about whether we should adapt to #climate conditions or work to mitigate #climatechange. Both adaptation and mitigation are necessary for the safety and security of people around the globe. Read more: https://bit.ly/3PcTYe9 #climateadaptation #climateresilience

As natural disasters intensify and infrastructure struggles to keep up, unprecedented government investment is fueling new opportunities. Learn more about how our experts are responding to the climate crisis: https://lnkd.in/ePJ7jETr

Delighted at the range of coverage being received by the Trust's latest report on climate adaptation ("A Climate for Change"). In it we urge the UK Government to pass a new Climate Resilience Act with clear legal duties and targets to prepare the nation for changes in weather patterns caused by the climate crisis. #NationalTrust #ClimateResilienceAct #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience #ClimateCrisis https://lnkd.in/eN9Z7a7e

Today, HUD joined more than 20 federal agencies to release its updated Climate Adaptation Plan and expand the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to ensure federal operations are increasingly resilient to climate change impacts. The updated adaptation plans advance the Biden-Harris Administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework, which helps align climate resilience investments across the public and private sectors through common principles and opportunities for action to build a climate resilient nation.

This is a very welcome and long-awaited national approach to climate adaptation and resilience. The framework specifically calls for emergency management and preparedness to be better engaged with climate hazards and considerations.