FEMA plans to double down on climate preparedness
Marketplace – “It really does represent a tremendous potential pivot point for our national resilience,” Salinas said. A lot of that money, she added, is intended for low-income communities. That’s another big shift, according to Elizabeth Zimmerman, senior executive adviser at the emergency management consulting firm IEM. “So looking at those underserved areas that might get some help when it comes to disaster recovery, I’d say [get] very little help when it comes to pre-disaster mitigation.”
