FEMA Unveils Program to Help Fund Climate Hazard Mitigation Efforts

On February 25, 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency issued its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Policy. The policy statement describes a new hazard mitigation grant program to assist States, territories, Tribes, and local governments with mitigating the impacts of natural hazards, including those associated with or amplified by climate change. The program is meant to “promote[] a national culture of preparedness through encouraging investments to protect communities and infrastructure by increasing pre-disaster hazard mitigation and strengthening national resilience.”