As for resilience in the face of rising seas and storm surges, you gave a creditable
speech on climate change adaptation in your final year in office, but it had a classic «no retreat» theme, centering on this line:
Today, the President will be giving a
speech at Georgetown University
on climate change issues, with announcements of initiatives that will be taken leveraging the powers of the Administrative Branch because the Congress is unable (and, to a large extent, unwilling) to take meaningful action to address
climate change: whether mitigation or
adaptation.