Document Type
Paper
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
This paper explores the impact that climate change will have on flooding and provides details on the operation and functions of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The paper then discuss the ways the current regime discourages adaptation to climate change, and offers suggestions for how readers can promote climate change adaptation by advocating for changes to the NFIP.
Disciplines
Environmental Law | Law
Recommended Citation
Matt Sienkiewicz,
Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance,
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia Law School, July 2015
(2015).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sabin_climate_change/127
For information and resources from the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, please visit us here.