The open-ended commitment to pay for mitigation whether or not later legislatures approved it could not stand, he said.
To do so, the developed nations agreed five years ago to help developing nations pay for mitigation and adaptation.
By 2010, 13 of the 72 CWSs in our study with medium and high arsenic levels were not listed as having applied to the State Revolving Fund to help pay for mitigation options [ 40].
While adaptation of forests to predicted future climate scenarios has been intensively studied, less attention was paid to mitigation strategies such as the introduction of tree species well adapted to changing environmental conditions.
So it's not enough when our current government says that the West should pay for any mitigation efforts.
Though extensive, it is short on details, particularly on cost estimates and how the state might pay for new mitigation programs.
About half of the additional funds will pay for flood mitigation, Mr. Weinberg said; the other half will cover unexpected costs.
Caltrans and the tribe came to an agreement in 2009, where the tribe would provide its own studies and pay for environmental mitigation.
"For most homeowners, it's affordable," said Bill Trimarco, the Archuleta County coordinator for Wildfire Adapted Partnership, a nonprofit that helps property owners in Pagosa Springs, the county seat, plan and pay for wildfire mitigation work.
In the United States a $10 per ton of CO2 tax would raise about $60 billion annually, sufficient funds to pay for adaptation, mitigation and assistance for at least for the foreseeable future.
