U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is the world's largest public engineering, design and construction management agency. Involved with dams, canals, and flood protection across the country, the USACE provides 24% of U.S. hydropower capacity. The USACE also provides a wide range of public works and outdoor recreation opportunities to the public, and supports the Department of Defense throughout the world.
Climate change has the potential to affect all of the missions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The USACE climate and global change adaptation goal is to develop practical, nationally consistent and regionally tailored, legally justifiable and cost-effective adaptation measures, both structural and nonstructural, that will reduce vulnerabilities and improve resilience to these challenges.
the USACE Climate Preparedness and Resilience Policy Statement calls for integrating climate change adaptation into all that USACE does. "Mainstreaming climate change adaptation means that it will be considered at every step in the project life cycle for all USACE projects, both existing and planned, through a logical, rational, legally justifiable process that develops practical, nationally consistent, and cost-effective adaptation measures, both structural and nonstructural, to reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of our water-resource infrastructure." The Policy Statement establishes the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) as the agency official responsible for ensuring implementation of all aspects of this policy. Through this policy, USACE establishes the USACE Committee on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to oversee and coordinate agency-wide climate change adaptation planning and implementation.
Phone: (202) 761-0011
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Related Organizations:
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)
- Climate Change Collaboration in the Pacific Northwest (C3)
Related Resources:
- Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
- Sea-Level Rise for the Coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington: Past, Present and Future
- Executive Order 13508 - Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration
- Priority Agenda: Enhancing the Climate Resilience of America's Natural Resources
- Plumb Beach Renourishment Project and Protection of Belt Parkway, Brooklyn, New York
- Sea-Level Rise Tool for Hurricane Sandy Recovery
- Climate Change and Water Resources Management - A Federal Perspective: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1331
- Climate-Smart Conservation: Putting Adaptation Principles into Practice
- USACE Kivalina, Alaska Relocation Master Plan
- Federal Action to Support State, Local and Tribal Leaders as They Prepare Communities for the Impacts of Climate Change
- Coastal Risk Reduction and Resilience: Using the Full Array of Measures
- Clean Water: Foundation of Healthy Communities and a Healthy Environment
- USACE Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Report 2011
- Washington, DC Flood Levee System Improvements
- Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning
- Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and Management: User Needs for Improving Tools and Information
- Assessing Reservoir Operations Risk Under Climate Change
- Silver Jackets
- USACE Responses to Climate Change Program resources
- Sea-Level Change Considerations in Civil Works Programs (USACE EC 1165-2-212)
- USACE 2012 Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Report
- National Report: Responding to National Water Resources Challenges
- Identification and Engagement of Socially Vulnerable Populations in the USACE Decision Making Process
- Use of Natural and Nature-Based Features for Coastal Resilience
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