The White House Climate Policy Office should establish a National Moonshot to Combat Extreme Heat, an all-of-government program to accelerate federal efforts to reduce heat risk.
to implement or have the resources to invest in. but one thing to keep in mind is heat governance is in its infancy. there s a lot of work to do. the other day when president biden announce d the suite of heat measures that the federal government is trying to take, those are just a start of the conversation. and we need to keep having the conversation. so there s a lot of great legislation at the federal level that could help communities better prepare and coordinate. right now, the extreme heat emergency act, which would allow heat to be included as a national disaster, but also things like the living schoolyards act, which would enable communities and support communities in efforts to bring schoolyards safe when it s hot at school. thank you so much. we are living now in a changing environment and with need these