Communities around the world are increasingly suffering the consequences of accelerating changes in the global climate, such as more frequent and severe storms, extreme heat, rapid swings in precipitation patterns, and rising sea levels.1 But for state and local governments in the U.S., these effects are also compounding challenges brought on by decades of underinvestment in critical public infrastructure, which have left the nation’s roads, bridges, public transit, and drinking water systems highly vulnerable to shifting climate realities. Read more