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Executive Action Alone Won’t Save Us from Climate Change

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Stafford Act, which are commonly used for national emergency or disaster declarations. Section 201 of the NEA authorizes the president broad discretion to declare a national emergency, which gives access to presidential authorities embedded in existing statute. Biden also hinted at such unilateral action.