Azul joins over 100 organizations urging Congress to go big on Ocean and Coastal Resilience
Azul, Ocean Conservancy, Ocean Defense Initiative and over 100 organizations representing national, regional, state and local entities signed a letter urging Congress to include $10 billion for ocean, Great Lakes, and coastal restoration and resilience projects in economic stimulus and infrastructure legislation.
In the letter, we highlight why Congress must make these essential investments. Currently, our coastlines are suffering from the effects of climate change while the communities that live along them are also still struggling from the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Investments in coastal restoration and resilience projects offer both environmental and economic benefits that can help our communities build for the future.
In the letter the organizations also point out that there are already $6 billion worth of projects in 18 of the 34 coastal states that can be carried out right now if they had funding. Congress must meet and exceed that level of demand to bolster coastal areas and communities as well as our national economy.