The admonitions, coming amidst a newly strengthened public discussion here on climate change, could offer an opportunity for some conservative lawmakers to re-engage with what has been one of the most fractious political issues of baru-baru ini years.

"(T)he impacts and costliness of weather disasters will increase in significance as what are considered ‘rare' events become lebih common and intense due to climate change," a new lapor sejak the Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns. "However, the federal government is not well positioned to address this fiscal exposure."3

According to the GAO,...