One dollar spent preparing for disasters can save six
Climate Connections

One dollar spent preparing for disasters can save six

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 15, 20261 min

The reinstated federal BRIC program funds projects that make communities more resilient before fires, floods, and hurricanes strike. Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/

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I'm Dr. Anthony Leiserwitz and this is Climate Connections. Disasters like fires, floods, and hurricanes can cause billions of dollars of damage and destroy people's lives. And as the climate warms, these disasters will get more extreme.

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But the federal government's BRIC program can help communities limit this damage before a disaster hits. BRIC stands for Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities. It funds disaster resiliency projects like retrofitting homes with wildfire resistant

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materials or restoring wetlands that help capture floodwater during storms. It's pre-planning, preparing for what we know may happen in the future. Joel Skata, the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, says these projects are cost-effective. A 2019 analysis of resiliency grants from three federal agencies showed that every

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