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GAO-22-106062 1 (2022-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaonrt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Big Picture List in 2013. The High Risk List identifies government Greenhouse gas emissions reduction efforts can help limit the magnitude of climate change. These include investments in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies and energy efficiency. The impacts and costs of natural disasters are projected to increase as climate change makes certain extreme weather events more frequent and intense, according to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies). Limiting climate change depends on both international cooperation and oversight of domestic efforts. Source: Deleware Department of Transportation (2017). ( GAO-22-106062 The observed and potential impacts of climate change call attention to areas where government- wide improvement is needed to reduce fiscal exposure, including the federal government's role as the provider of disaster aid. GAO added Limiting the Federal Go e t Fiscal osre b Bte M L to the High Risk p , g g , transformation to address effectiveness challenges. What GAO's Work Shows GAO's oversight of federal efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions focuses on technology, energy consumption and efficiency, and domestic and international policies. GAO has made several related recommendations, some of which have been addressed by Congress and the executive branch. However, several have not been addressed as of September 2022, as discussed below. 1. Technology In 2022, GAO published an assessment including ,hnjogIes, which are expensive but could reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In 2012, the U.S. Department of Energy used standard benchmarks it developed to gauge the maturity of coal technologies. However, the department's investment in CCS -rjts had varied success. _GejenneriLg involves reducing climate change or its impacts by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or reflecting sunlight back into space. GAO-22-106062 Climate Change

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