Obama acting too slowly on climate change risks, government audit finds

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/14/obama-too-slowly-climate-change
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The US government is exposed to high risk from climate change, and Barack Obama has not moved fast enough to manage those new dangers, the government auditor said on Thursday.

The report from the Government Accountability Office said the government had "significant" financial exposure to climate change.

This year was the first time climate change made the list. The GAO also for the first time raised concerns about the federal government's national weather satellite system, warning there were gaps in forecasting of extreme weather events.

"Climate change ... presents a significant financial risk to the federal government," the report said. "However, the federal government is not well positioned to address this financial exposure."

The report said the federal government faced multiple risks. As the country's biggest property owner, with nearly 30% of land and hundreds of thousands of buildings, the federal government had huge exposure to rising seas and floods caused by climate change.
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This is huge!