Legislation makes bold investments in building a skilled workforce that is capable of preparing for and responding to the climate crisis while creating millions of jobs and centering communities who are disproportionately affected by the harms of climate change

WASHINGTON — United States Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) led lawmakers today in introducing legislation to make bold investments in a workforce capable of preparing for and responding to climate change. The Climate Resilience Workforce Act builds the skilled, equitable, and necessary workforce that America needs to achieve climate resilience while creating millions of good-paying, union jobs and centering the communities who are disproportionately affected by the worsening climate crisis.

This intersectional proposal also funds the development of regional, state, local, and community-based climate resilience action plans. Additionally, it creates an Office of Climate Resilience within the White House, starts new workforce development programs, and removes barriers to employment.

“As we continue pushing to enact a Build Back Better Act that includes the largest effort to combat climate change in American history, we’re refusing to leave frontline communities, climate resilience, and working people behind,” said Congresswoman Jayapal. “The innovative Climate Resilience Workforce Act responds to the worsening climate crisis at the scale necessary by investing in a skilled workforce that is capable of not...

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