Dive Brief:

• Roads, airports and other infrastructure face climate change damage, a new study indicates.
• The third National Climate Assessment (NCA) predicts the situation will worsen in coming decades.
• The assessment urges immediate action to prevent catastrophic failures.

Dive Insight:

A really bleak picture gets painted by the new NCA, issued last week by the White House. Among its many findings: Climate change is triggering weather extremes that, in turn, are damaging the nation's infrastructure. Critics claim the assessment is a political document, not a scientific one, but environmentalists are pushing for more action in wake of the latest assessment.