By Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
Arizona isn’t preparing adequately for future climate risks even as it deals well with current problems stemming from climate change, a new report says.
The state got a C- overall grade in the national report done by Climate Central, a nonprofit science and journalism organization based in Princeton, New Jersey. Arizona drew a C+ in preparing for future extreme-heat risks, and a D+ and D-, respectively, in preparing for future drought and wildfire risks.
The report compared all 50 states’ climate-preparedness efforts. Some Arizona officials said it didn’t give Arizona enough credit for some of its current, climate-related planning efforts. Climate Central said it was the lack of planning that concerned them, and that Arizona “has a long way to go.”
