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President Joe Biden’s administration is planning to roll out climate policies that could have an impact in Georgia. Credit Andrew Harnik, Pool / Associated Press
Georgia is already feeling effects from climate change. On the coast, sea levels are going up. Temperatures are going up around Georgia, too; last year was one of the state’s warmest on record.
Rising seas threaten highways, bridges and homes. Heat affects people’s health. Drought is not good for farmers.
“It’s not this academic exercise,” said Marshall Shepherd, director of the University of Georgia’s Atmospheric Sciences Program. “At the end of the day, we have kitchen table issues that affect all our lives, our households, our budgets and so forth that are directly tied to this crisis.”