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Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Global Change Research Program for Fiscal Year 2017
November 2016
Our Changing Planet reports on the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)'s recent research and education activities to inform climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts, highlighting those that intersect with President Obama’s Climate Action Plan. The report discusses progress towards each of four goals from USGCRP’s 2012-2021 Strategic Plan: to advance science, inform decisions, conduct sustained assessments, and communicate and educate.
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National Drought Resilience Partnership Report to the Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience
August 31, 2016
The Report to the Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience is a progress report from the federal agencies of the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP). The report highlights the Partnership's accomplishments to date against the President’s Climate Action Plan, and provides an overview of some federal actions on drought response since 2009.
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Developing Urban Climate Adaptation Indicators
2016
The Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) in partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities evaluated seven existing sets of climate indicators to determine if any of these frameworks could be adapted to serve city-level needs for evaluating and reporting progress on climate adaptation goals. This report summarizes their assessment. They determined that none of the existing frameworks serve the needs of cities perfectly, but many offer insights that can guide USDN members as they develop their own sets of indicators.
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U.S. GAO report: Climate Change - Selected Government Approaches (GAO 16-454)
May 2016
This Government Accountability Office (GAO) report compares the adaptation efforts of the United States with those of five foreign governments: the European Union (EU), Mexico, the Netherlands, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom (UK). The report describes the plans, laws, and programs that have been adopted in each country to promote adaptation and resilience. The report also looks at how each country is coordinating across government agencies, funding adaptation initiatives, and monitoring and evaluating the efficacy of adaptation actions.
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Developing Socio-Economic Metrics to Measure DOI Hurricane Sandy Project and Program Outcomes
December 11, 2015
U. S. Department of Interior resilience projects developed in response to Hurricane Sandy were examined for their performance as related to goals and actual outcomes. DOI has in turn developed metrics to measure changes in ecological resilience resulting from the DOI-sponsored projects, and determined that a separate analysis was needed for the development of socio-economic metrics. This report summarizes the DOI investment portfolio; the process to develop socio-economic metrics for the habitat and activities of existing and future coastal resilience efforts; and reviews the application of the socioeconomic and ecological metrics from project, region, and programmatic scales.
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National Park Service Coastal Adaptation Strategies: Case Studies
November 25, 2015
This National Park Service report reviews the successful implementation of coastal climate adaptation strategies through 24 case studies of coastal adaptation projects in National Parks. The adaptation efforts described include historic structure preservation, archeological surveys, baseline data collection and documentation, habitat restoration, engineering solutions, redesign and relocation of infrastructure, and development of broad management plans that consider climate change.
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National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA)
The National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA) provides an understanding of water-quality conditions; whether conditions are getting better or worse over time and how natural features and human activities affect those conditions.
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NOAA Climate Monitoring Data and Tools
2015
The Climate Monitoring website from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information provides data and products for analysis of climate trends and variability, including historical and current climate reports and analysis.
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NOAA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Climate Projects
2015
The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) was launched in 2010 to accelerate efforts to protect and restore the Great Lakes system. A collaborative between federal agencies and Great Lakes region communities, the Initiative strategically targets the biggest threats to the Great Lakes ecosystem, including climate change adaptation and resiliency.
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Virginia Accomplishments since the 2008 Climate Action Plan Release
December 2014
Prepared by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and the Virginia Coastal Policy Clinic at William and Mary School of Law, this report offers an assessment of Virginia’s climate mitigation and adaptation progress since the release of its first Climate Action Plan in 2008. The report analyzes that plan and two subsequent adaptation focused reports, finding that a lack of coordination has lead to “disjointed” efforts, and offers recommendations for more streamlined climate action moving forward.
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