Council on Environmental Quality Archives - Initiative on Climate Risk and Resilience Law

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Comments on the CEQ’s NEPA Guidance on Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change

These comments offer support and provide recommendations for the adoption of CEQ’s interim guidance, which will improve federal decision-making by ensuring that federal agencies fully and accurately account for climate change in environmental reviews as legally required under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Jeffrey FralickApril 10, 2023

Agency Filing Regulatory Activities

Comments on the CEQ’s NEPA Guidance on Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change

These comments offer support and provide recommendations for the adoption of CEQ's interim guidance, which will improve federal decision-making by ensuring that federal agencies fully and accurately account for climate change in environmental reviews as legally required under the National Environmental Policy Act.

Jeffrey FralickApril 10, 2023

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ICRRL Annual Report 2022

This annual report summarizes ICRRL's work in the first year following its launch on June 14, 2021.

Jeffrey FralickJune 13, 2022

Adaptation as Risk Management Report Risk Management

Ensuring Robust Consideration of Climate Change Under NEPA

This policy brief outlines six regulatory revisions for the Council on Environmental Quality to prioritize in its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rulemaking to improve consideration of climate change during environmental review. Each of the suggestions is consistent with the purpose, structure, and text of NEPA and will better ensure…

Stephanie JonesApril 22, 2022

Adaptation as Risk Management Blog/News Article Risk Management

Federal Agencies Must Consider Climate Risk in Environmental Reviews Under NEPA

This blog highlights findings and recommendations of the report Evaluating Climate Risk in NEPA Reviews: Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform.

Stephanie JonesFebruary 15, 2022

Adaptation as Risk Management Environmental Justice Report Risk Management

Evaluating Climate Risk in NEPA Reviews: Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform

This report finds that in order to meet the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) requirement that federal agencies take a “hard look” at the environmental effects of proposed actions, agencies must consider how the changing weather and environmental conditions brought by climate change might impact an action and alter its…

Stephanie JonesFebruary 15, 2022

Adaptation as Risk Management Risk Management Summary Document

Executive Summary: Evaluating Climate Risk in NEPA Reviews: Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform

This document provides an executive summary of the report Evaluating Climate Risk in NEPA Reviews: Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform.

Stephanie JonesFebruary 15, 2022

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Comments on Federal Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans

These comments support the development of the Federal Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, which establish a foundation for actions to protect government operations and facilities, and all who rely upon them. The comments recommend that agencies consider the following steps as they build on that foundation: (1) Agencies should…

Stephanie JonesNovember 5, 2021

Agency Filing Risk Management

Comments on the CEQ’s Revised Draft Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews

These comments discuss the Council on Environmental Quality's proposed guidance on the consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and effects of climate change in NEPA reviews. The comments argue that agencies should be required to consider the effects of climate change on the environmental consequences of proposed actions.

March 24, 2015

Council on Environmental Quality

Comments on the CEQ’s NEPA Guidance on Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change

Comments on the CEQ’s NEPA Guidance on Consideration of GHG Emissions and Climate Change

ICRRL Annual Report 2022

Ensuring Robust Consideration of Climate Change Under NEPA

Federal Agencies Must Consider Climate Risk in Environmental Reviews Under NEPA

Evaluating Climate Risk in NEPA Reviews: Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform

Executive Summary: Evaluating Climate Risk in NEPA Reviews: Current Practices and Recommendations for Reform

Comments on Federal Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans

Comments on the CEQ’s Revised Draft Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Effects of Climate Change in NEPA Reviews

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