Biden Executive Order Targets Climate Financial Risks
Scientific American Biden Executive Order Targets Climate Financial Risks The directive charges federal agencies with assessing the potential economic toll of warming and urging regulators to it Advertisement President Biden thrust his administration into a race to confront the economic risks of global warming by signing an executive order yesterday that brought the once niche issue of climate finance into the highest levels of government. The long-awaited directive requires federal agencies to assess the economic dangers that rising temperatures could have on the government—and homeowners,...