Speech by Administrator Samantha Power on The End of Climate Shocks

Administrator Power delivers remarks at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center. The speech “The End of Climate Shocks” highlights the increasing frequency of climate-related disasters and discusses what the world can do to build climate resilience and help impacted communities better prepare.

With 2023 marked by near-constant record-breaking heat waves, floods, fires, and storms, climate shocks have now become so regular that they can hardly be called “shocks” any longer. Yet despite the regularity of climate-driven disasters, we are not prepared for them, allowing them to “shock” systems and destroy infrastructure, crops, and communities. Administrator Power discusses steps policymakers and business leaders can take to increase climate resilience, help communities prepare and respond to climate disasters, and end this era of repeat deadly shock.