. >> hello, i'm laby casey. the national climate assessment said everyone in the city, country region are impacted by climate change. it could be weather, heat, draught, more rain and a growing season of the rising seas and flooding threaten infrastructure. the message is it's time to adapt. in the absence of national goals and legislation to combat cause and effect. the obama administration is promoting action at the local level. >> leaders are here because states and communities represented are dealing with the affect of climate change. they are seeing rising sea levels, more powerful hurricane, more intense heatwaves, droughts and wildfires out west. >> surrounded by his task force of state, local and tribal leaders, president obama unveiled a national climate preparedness plan pressing forward in his commitment to combat the impacts of climate change in the u.s. >> we'll help communities improve electric grids, build stronger sea walls and barriers and protect the water supplies. we are also going to invest