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Department of the Interior (DOI): Aleutian & Bering Sea Islands Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC)
The Aleutian & Bering Sea Islands Landscape Conservation Cooperative (ABSI-LCC) is one of 21 LCCs established by Secretarial Order No. 3289, which focus on on-the-ground strategic conservation efforts at the landscape level. LCCs are management-science partnerships that inform integrated resource-management actions addressing climate change and other stressors within and across landscapes. They are designed to provide connections between researchers and managers seeking to address large landscape and seascape concerns.
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Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, Snow (CoCoRaHS)
CoCoRaHS is an acronym for the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network. CoCoRaHS is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working together to measure and map precipitation (rain, hail and snow). By using low-cost measurement tools, stressing training and education, and utilizing an interactive Web-site, our aim is to provide the highest quality data for natural resource, education and research applications. They are now in all fifty states.
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Denali Commission
"In Alaska, President Obama designated the Denali Commission as the lead Federal point of contact for Alaska Native coastal villages affected by coastal erosion, flooding, and related problems driven by climate change. The Commission hosts the first-ever catalog of grants and technical assistance available to Alaska Native villages. To build capacity in rural villages, the Commission is transforming the catalog to make it more accessible for village administrators and has funded project managers or project coordinators in each of the four most imminently threatened communities.
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Detroit Climate Action Collaborative
The Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (DCAC) is a project bringing together community groups, universities, state agencies, city leaders, environmental and public health organizations, and Detroit businesses and institutions. These constituents plan for how carbon pollution reductions and climate change preparedness projects will contribute to the resilient and responsible rebuilding of Detroit. DCAC was convened by the community environmental organization Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ).
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Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ) promotes local and national collaboration to advance environmental justice and sustainable redevelopment. DWEJ works to foster clean, healthy, and safe communities through innovative policy, education, and workforce initiatives.
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Central Coast Climate Collaborative
The Central Coast Climate Collaborative works to support local and regional community leaders along California’s coast in climate adaptation and mitigation initiatives. It is made up of members from six Central Coast counties including representatives of municipal governments, environmental groups, an interfaith organization, state universities, the state’s Office of Planning and Research and the State Coastal Conservancy.
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Florida Climate Institute
The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a network of universities aimed at fostering interdisciplinary research to better understanding the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on the economy, ecosystems, and the built environment. FCI has 8 member universities including: Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida International University, Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Florida, the University of Miami, and the University of South Florida.
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Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition
The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition is a group of organizations working together to conserve, protect and restore Florida's coastal and marine environment. The Coalition emphasizes the implementation of an ecosystem-based approach to coastal and ocean management, as well as recognition of the important linkage between the health of Florida's economy and the health of its beaches and dunes, coral reefs, mangroves, sea grasses, wetlands and other natural resources. The Coalition calls on Florida's Governor, State Agencies, Cabinet, and Legislature for action and leadership to achieve the goal of healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems.
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Florida Center for Environmental Studies
The Florida Center for Environmental Studies (CES) is a state university research center established in 1994, working in the broad field of the management of tropical and subtropical freshwater, estuarine and coastal ecosystems and in related information technology worldwide. At the request of the Florida Department of Transportation, the Center is currently developing a methodology for the assessment and mitigation of sea level rise impacts on Florida's transportation modes and infrastructure.
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Florida Climate Center
The Florida Climate Center serves to provide climate data, information, and services at the national, regional and state levels, and is affiliated with the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) in Asheville, NC and the Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) in Columbia, SC. The Center provides climate data, climate information, extreme event information, special analysis, and outreach for citizens, organizations, educational institutions and private businesses in the state of Florida.
