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==Flood risk management and climate change== | ==Flood risk management and climate change== | ||
[[File:Aerial view Louisiana flooding August 2016 USGS.jpg|thumb|alt=About 100 colorful roofs and green trees completely surrounded by tan flood water. |Flooded residential neighborhood during the August [[2016 Louisiana floods]] in southern Louisiana]] | [[File:Aerial view Louisiana flooding August 2016 USGS.jpg|thumb|alt=About 100 colorful roofs and green trees completely surrounded by tan flood water. |Flooded residential neighborhood during the August [[2016 Louisiana floods]] in southern Louisiana]] | ||
President [[Barack Obama]], on January 30, 2015, issued [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13690 Executive Order 13690] requiring Flood Risk Management to anticipate flooding increases over time due to the effects of climate change.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Jim |title=A 'Common Sense' Flood Zone Rule Gets Lost in the Trump Storm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/nyregion/trump-hurricane-sandy-floods.html |access-date=5 February 2022 |work= | President [[Barack Obama]], on January 30, 2015, issued [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13690 Executive Order 13690] requiring Flood Risk Management to anticipate flooding increases over time due to the effects of climate change.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Jim |title=A 'Common Sense' Flood Zone Rule Gets Lost in the Trump Storm |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/nyregion/trump-hurricane-sandy-floods.html |access-date=5 February 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=August 17, 2017}}</ref> | ||
During the [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference]], just prior to the signing of the [[Paris Agreement]], on December 9, 2015, ''Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program'' was presented to members of Congress by [[Marsh & McLennan]] CEO [[Peter Zaffino]], urging policymakers to enact reforms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marsh calls for reforms to national flood programme |url=https://www.intelligentinsurer.com/news/marsh-calls-for-reforms-to-national-flood-programme-7412 |publisher=Initelligent Insurer Review |access-date=2 February 2022 |date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zaffino |first1=Peter |title=The Climate Risk No One Is Talking About |url=https://fortune.com/2015/12/15/climate-change-paris-national-flood-insurance-program/ |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=Fortune |date=December 15, 2015}}</ref> | During the [[2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference]], just prior to the signing of the [[Paris Agreement]], on December 9, 2015, ''Reforming the National Flood Insurance Program'' was presented to members of Congress by [[Marsh & McLennan]] CEO [[Peter Zaffino]], urging policymakers to enact reforms.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marsh calls for reforms to national flood programme |url=https://www.intelligentinsurer.com/news/marsh-calls-for-reforms-to-national-flood-programme-7412 |publisher=Initelligent Insurer Review |access-date=2 February 2022 |date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Zaffino |first1=Peter |title=The Climate Risk No One Is Talking About |url=https://fortune.com/2015/12/15/climate-change-paris-national-flood-insurance-program/ |access-date=2 February 2022 |work=Fortune |date=December 15, 2015}}</ref> | ||