A resolution recognizing that sea levels are rising at accelerated rates due to human-caused climate change.

Key Provisions

• The Senate would formally recognize that human-caused climate change is dangerously raising sea levels.
• The Senate would acknowledge that 30 percent of people in the United States live in coastal areas and are threatened by rising seas.
• The Senate would recognize that up to 13,000,000 individuals in the United States could face displacement from rising seas by 2100.
• The Senate would acknowledge that 3,700,000 individuals in the contiguous United States live on land less than 3.3 feet above high tide, primarily in Florida, Louisiana, California, New York, and New Jersey.
• The Senate would recognize that sea-level rise would intensify flooding from storms and shrink fresh drinking water sources in coastal areas.