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January 2017
This technical report updates scenarios of Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) rise, and then integrates regional factors with these global scenarios for the entire U.S. coastline. It was produced by the Sea Level Rise and Coastal flood Hazard Scenarios and Tools Interagency Task Force, convened by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) and the National Ocean Council.
Resource Category: Data and tools
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January 18, 2017
This Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) case study on the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative (SDRCC) explores how local governments in the San Diego metropolitan region are coordinating across jurisdictional boundaries to prepare for climate change at the regional level. This case study describes how the SDRCC was formed and has organized its decisionmaking, what local governments and other stakeholders are involved in the collaborative, what roles it is playing to support climate action in the San Diego metropolitan region, and how it funds its activities.
Author or Affiliated User: Annie Bennett
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 18, 2017
This Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) case study on the Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative (CRC) explores how local governments and other partners are coordinating at the regional scale to address climate change in the Sacramento-capital region of California. This case study describes how the CRC was formed and has organized its decisionmaking, what local governments and other stakeholders are involved in the collaborative, what roles it is playing to support climate action in the region, and how the collaborative funds its activities.
Author or Affiliated User: Annie Bennett
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 17, 2017
This Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) case study on the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact (Compact) explores how four counties in Southeast Florida formally established a collaborative to create close partnerships with municipalities and other entities in the region to prepare for the impacts of climate change. This case study describes how the Compact was formed and has organized its decisionmaking, what local governments and other stakeholders are involved in the collaborative, what roles it is playing to adapt to climate change, and how the Compact funds its activities.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Sydney Menees, Jessica Grannis
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 18, 2017
This Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) case study on the Sierra Nevada Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Partnership (Sierra CAMP) explores how local governments in the 22-county rural Sierra-Nevada region of California are coordinating across jurisdictional boundaries to prepare for climate change. This case study describes how Sierra CAMP was formed and has organized its decision-making, what local governments and other stakeholders are involved in the collaborative, what roles it is playing to support climate action in the Sierra-Nevada region, how the collaborative is influencing state decisionmaking and broadening connections between rural and urban adaptation efforts, and how the collaborative is funding its activities.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Annie Bennett, Hillary Neger
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 17, 2017
This Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) case study on the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative (LARC) explores how local governments and other partners are coordinating at the regional scale to address climate change in the Los Angeles metropolitan region of California. This case study describes how LARC was formed and has organized its decisionmaking, what local governments and other stakeholders are involved in the collaborative, what roles it is playing to support climate action in the region, and how the collaborative funds its activities.
Author or Affiliated User: Annie Bennett
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 17, 2017
This Georgetown Climate Center (GCC) case study on the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) explores how local governments and other partners are coordinating at the regional scale to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the King County region of Washington state. This case study explores how the K4C was formed and has organized its decisionmaking, what local governments and other stakeholders are involved in the collaborative, what roles it is playing to reduce emissions in the region, and how the collaborative funds its activities.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Hillary Neger, Annie Bennett
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 2017
This report focuses on ways that local governments can prepare for climate change impacts through land use and building policies. The report focuses on smart growth strategies that offer multiple benefits beyond climate preparedness including cost-savings, energy efficiency, increasing transportation options, and building economic opportunities. The strategies presented in the report are categorized as modest adjustments, major modifications, and wholesale changes, in order to help local governments determine which options are most appropriate for their own community.
Author or Affiliated User: Megan Susman
Resource Category: Solutions
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January 13, 2017
The State of Delaware released Climate Action in Delaware: 2016 Progress Report highlighting the state’s progress toward mitigating and adapting to climate change, and outlining some ongoing projects and next steps for state agencies.
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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January 10, 2017
The State Climate Summaries from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information consist of observed and projected climate change information for each U.S. state. The summaries describe assessment topics directly related to NOAA’s mission, specifically, historical climate variations and trends, future climate model projections of climate conditions during the 21st century, and past and future conditions of sea level and coastal flooding.
Resource Category: Assessments
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