Solutions
Sea level rise will have severe repercussions on U.S. coastal communities. However, if we take meaningful and lasting action at a national and local level, sea level rise can be reduced and its impacts diminished.
The U.S. needs a strong, national cap-and-trade legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions and promote energy efficiency and innovation. Having a national strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is critical to our long-term effort to control global warming. Read more about smart policy design in the Cap and Trade Primer.
The reduction of Arctic short-lived pollutants, such as methane, black carbon, and tropospheric ozone, can slow Arctic melting quickly and buy time for the Arctic. See a fact sheet about Short-Lived Pollutants.
Adaptation - meaning planning, investment decision-making, or physical infrastructure work designed to make a system or place more resilient to the projected impacts of climate change - will be important for coastal communities impacted by sea-level rise. Planning for infrastructure changes and financing needs to begin now.
To learn more, see Clean Air-Cool Planet's Policy Initiatives fact sheet
