Why Obama wants to spend millions relocating entire U.S. communities
►https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/02/09/why-obama-wants-to-spend-millions-relocating-entire-u-s-communities
Obama’s budget request to Congress includes a proposed $ 400 million “to cover the unique circumstances confronting vulnerable Alaskan communities, including relocation expenses for Alaska Native villages threatened by rising seas, coastal erosion, and storm surges.”
[...] “When Kivalina voted to relocate decades ago, they found there was no government agency in charge of #relocation, and that most funding was available only after disaster struck,” said Christine Shearer, a researcher who wrote a book on Kivalina and now works for the NGO CoalSwarm.
[...] In the U.S., the problem with #climate-related relocations is that while funding may now be emerging, there still isn’t a process in place to determine when communities should try to obtain it or how they should recognize that it is time for them to move, said Robin Bronen, executive director of the Alaska Institute for Justice, who is working on a NOAA-funded project on relocations.