States at risk: America’s preparedness report card

This document presents the national summary of the first-ever analysis of state level preparedness for climate-driven, weather-related threats facing all 50 states in the United States. It identifies states with considerable and significantly increasing levels of five major threats, through 2050: extreme heat, drought, wildfires, inland and coastal flooding, with an emphasis on risks to vulnerable populations. It then assess the state level climate change preparedness through an in-depth analysis of actions states have taken to ready themselves for current risks, understand future vulnerabilities, make plans to address them and then implement those plans. This assessment covered five major sectors of society and the economy: transportation, energy, health, water, and communities.