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Equity Foundations: USDN Capacity Building Program
2016
In September 2015, the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN), in partnership with the Government Alliance on Race and Equity and the Center for Social Inclusion, launched a professional development program for sustainability directors and their staff for advancing racial equity into sustainability planning and development. The program became available online and includes a holistic curriculum of five webinars, videos and worksheets to support local government staff in applying an equity lens to sustainability projects.
Resource Category: Education and Outreach
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Maryland Coast Smart Community Scorecard
The Coast Smart Community Scorecard is a self-assessment tool for coastal communities in Maryland that offers a practical method to assess preparedness for coastal hazards and climate change impacts. The Scorecard provides a mechanism for planners, natural resource managers, emergency management professionals and other local officials to identify ways that they can integrate coastal hazard impacts into existing planning, management, and regulatory programs.
Resource Category: Planning
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U.S. DHS Casco Bay Region Climate Change Resiliency Assessment
March 2016
As a part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s Regional Resiliency Assessment Program (RRAP) - this research focuses on the local and regional impacts of climate change in the Casco Bay area, the most developed and populous region in Maine. The report focuses primarily on vulnerabilities that may affect the region’s ability to maintain its critical infrastructure systems, and provides corresponding Resilience Enhancement Options that DHS and other partners may utilize in climate adaptation planning.
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Safeguarding California: Public Health Sector Implementation Action Plan
March 2016
Safeguarding California: Implementation Action Plans is a series of progress reports, by sector, describing how the state government is responding to the recommendations from California’s climate adaptation plan - 2014 Safeguarding California: Reducing Climate Risk, and implementing the adaptation strategies.
Resource Category: Planning
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Delaware Wastewater and Surface Water Matching Planning Grant
February 22, 2016
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Division of Watershed Stewardship and Environmental Finance are now accepting project proposals from state, county and municipal governments and governmental subdivisions for matching grants for wastewater and surface water project planning. Grants are revolving and proposals are due approximately the last week of February, May, August, and November.
Resource Category: Funding
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California State Wildlife Action Plan 2015 Update
February 2016
California’s 2015 State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP 2015) is a comprehensive, statewide plan for conserving the state’s fish and wildlife and their natural habitats. The Plan identifies and prioritizes at-risk species and habitats across the state, and provides conservation strategies to help protect and conserve these species. The first update of California’s 2005 SWAP integrates climate change impacts and adaptation planning. The updated SWAP analyzes the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, uses climate change vulnerability as a criterion for the most vulnerable target species, and offers conservation strategies that address impacts of climate change.
Resource Category: Planning
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Bureau of Reclamation Drought Response Program
2016
The Bureau of Reclamation's Drought Response Program provides assistance to water users for drought contingency planning, including for the consideration of climate change information and for taking actions that will build long-term resiliency to drought.
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Regional Governance for Climate Action
February 5, 2016
The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) is producing a guidance series on building regional climate resilience. This document explores strategies from 12 regional collaboratives to build or expand governance structures for regional climate action. The report details the benefits of regional governance; “promising practices” for building good governance; the various forms a regional collaborative can take; and how the goals, strategy, and stakeholders can determine the collaborative’s structure and membership.
Author or Affiliated User: Michael McCormick
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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California State Route 37 Stewardship Study
February 2016
The University of California Davis Road Ecology Center undertook a stewardship study to assess the risk to California State Route 37 (SR 37) from sea-level rise. SR 37 passes near San Francisco Bay, connecting Interstate 80 and Highway 101. The road corridor and surrounding wetlands are threatened by sea-level rise and flooding. The road bed sits below sea level at its lowest elevation and is likely to experience erosion, flooding during storms, and inundation due to sea-level rise. The State Road 37 Stewardship Study (Study) included a stakeholder process and technical analyses to determine possible future solutions to reduce the vulnerability of the highway to climate impacts.
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Community Resilience Building Workshop and Guide
February 2016
The Community Resilience Building Workshop is a hands-on “community driven” process to improve local level resilience to natural and climate-related hazards such as extreme storms, inland flooding, sea level rise and heat waves.
Author or Affiliated User: Adam W. Whelchel
Resource Category: Data and tools
