Highly Rated Resources
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Affiliated Resources
Vicki Arroyo is affiliated with the following resources in the Adaptation Clearinghouse.
State Innovation on Climate Change: Reducing Emissions from Key Sectors While Preparing for a “New Normal” (GCC)
July 2016
From the Georgetown Climate Center (GCC), this Harvard Law and Policy Review article describes innovative actions being taken by states to encourage mitigation and adaptation. The paper explains that some states have taken on a leadership role in adaptation and mitigation in the absence of federal drivers. The adaptation section of the paper (beginning on page 415), provides an overview of the state’s role in encouraging adaptation at the local level and in taking steps to integrate adaptation in state planning, programs, and asset management.
Related Organizations: Georgetown Climate Center
Authors or Affiliated Users: Vicki Arroyo, Kate Zyla, Gabe Pacyniak, Melissa Deas
Resource Category: Planning
Louisiana: Addressing Sea-Level Rise
August 19, 2015
This case study, developed by the Georgetown Climate Center, examines state and local activities in Louisiana to reduce coastal vulnerability from sea level rise, extreme storms, and land subsidence. It focuses on how the state is prioritizing and designing coastal flood protection and restoration projects in consideration of future sea-level rise through the Louisiana Coastal Master Plan.
Related Organizations: Georgetown Climate Center
Authors or Affiliated Users: Jessica Grannis, Vicki Arroyo, Myriam Alexander-Kearns
Resource Category: Solutions
Preparing for Climate Impacts: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines - Georgetown Climate Center
July 9, 2014
In this synthesis report to the Kresge Foundation, the Georgetown Climate Center shares some of the lessons learned from its adaptation work in recent years. The report includes a number of short case studies highlighting successful efforts and barriers to change.
Related Organizations: Georgetown Climate Center
Authors or Affiliated Users: Jessica Grannis, Vicki Arroyo, Sara Hoverter
Resource Category: Solutions
The State of Adaptation in the United States: An Overview
April 2013
'The State of Adaptation in the United States' surveys activities underway to help communities prepare for climate change and identifies needs, challenges, and potential actions that communities can now pursue.
Related Organizations: University of Washington, University of California, Davis, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), EcoAdapt, Georgetown Climate Center
Authors or Affiliated Users: Vicki Arroyo, Lara Hansen, Rachel M. Gregg, Susan Ellsworth, Louise Jackson, Amy Snover
Resource Category: Assessments
