Disaster Zone Podcast: Reforming or Deforming FEMA

Disaster Zone Podcast: Reforming or Deforming FEMA

There has been a tremendous amount of change initiated by the Trump Administration throughout the federal government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is one small part of the changes that have been made and are still underway. The significant nature of the changes are hard to comprehend. This podcast will look at some of the changes that have been made so far and then a contemplation of the impacts of those changes to emergency management enterprise.

Shana Udvardy is a senior climate resilience policy analyst with the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. She conducts research and policy analysis to help inform and build support to increase resilience to climate change impacts. She recently wrote this opinion piece FEMA Review Council Report Likely to Continue President Trump’s Heartless Policies