; (B) anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are the primary cause of climate change; and (C) as a direct result of climate change, sea levels are rising and extreme weather events are becoming more commonplace and severe. (4) The last 5 years have been the warmest years on record since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration began recording global air temperatures in 1895. (5) 2017, one of the three warmest years on record, was also the most expensive year on record for emergency disaster costs in the United States due to 16 weather and climate disasters. (6) It is the mission of FEMA to reduce the loss of life and property and protect our institutions from all hazards by leading and supporting the Nation in a comprehensive, risk-based emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. (7) It is detrimental to the mission of FEMA, and the Agency’s ability to follow its mandate, to explicitly or implicitly deny or ignore the existence of climate change or the implications of such on national security and national emergency management. (8) To fully and effectively carry out its mandate, FEMA must comprehensively assess and incorporate the current and future natural disaster risks and impacts posed by climate change throughout the Agency’s policies, plans, programs, strategies, and operations. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of FEMA. (2) Agency