This guidebook is intended to help mayors and their staff to understand the climate provisions included in the IRA, the opportunities for local government, and the multiple roles that mayors can play in maximizing the benefits of the law, while actively minimizing the real and potential harms posed to frontline communities exposed to fossil fuel infrastructure and development.
Getting Started: Resilient Infrastructure
In 2023 alone, the U.S. experienced 28 “billion-dollar disasters,” according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); this has been followed by 24 such disasters in 2024, through November 1, 2024. Damages from all events in 2023 totaled at least...