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America's Climate Choices - Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
May 19, 2010
Prepared by the National Research Council's Panel on Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, this report is one in a series of five studies requested by Congress, known as America’s Climate Choices. This report discusses the impacts of climate change, makes recommendations to prepare the nation for adaptation choices, and highlights adaptation activities occurring at state and local levels.
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FHWA - Regional Climate Change Effects: Useful Information for Transportation Agencies
May 10, 2010
Developed by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), this report is intended to provide the transportation community (including highway engineers, planners, NEPA practitioners) with transparent, regional information on projected climate changes and effects that are most relevant to the U. S. highway system. This information is designed to inform assessments of the risks and vulnerabilities facing the current U. S. transportation system, and support planning and project development activities.
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Broward County, Florida Climate Change Action Plan
May 4, 2010
Developed by the Broward County Climate Change Task Force, the Climate Change Action Plan is a set of 126 recommended short, medium and long-term actions, that combined, form a coordinated countywide strategy for both mitigating and adapting to climate change. The recommendations include information on planning horizon, status of action, likely responsible County entity, potential community partners, estimated resources required, and recommended performance measures.
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Adapting to Extreme Events: Managing Fat Tails
May 2010
This issue brief by Resources for the Future suggests that improved management of catastrophic risks should be a part of adaptation planning at federal, state, and local levels. The report describes how actions can be incorporated into adaptation plans to reduce losses and improve the ability to insure these risks.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Carolyn Kousky, Roger Cooke
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Sea Level Rise Ready: Model Comprehensive Plan Goals, Objectives, and Policies to address SLR Impacts in Florida
May 2010
'Sea Level Rise Ready' presents selected model comprehensive planning goals, objectives, and policies meant to address local sea level rise adaptation for a hypothetical city/county in Southwest Florida. It offers best practice examples from other jurisdictions that illustrate the use of SLR adaptation policies, and it concludes that “low or no regrets” actions can be implemented now and in many cases already have been taken by one or more local jurisdictions. Model Goal 1 creates a "Vulnerable Area" overlay for spatial planning, while Goals 2, 3, and 4 establish a framework for pursuing the adaptation strategies of Protection, Accommodation, and Managed Retreat within the overlay.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Thomas Ankersen, Krystle Macadangdang, Melissa Newmons
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Ready for Change: Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change
May 2010
This manual and a corresponding training program were developed to provide tools and resources to address the need for climate preparedness in the public health sector.
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Climate Dependencies and Risk Management: Microcorrelations and Tail Dependence
May 2010
This report describes how actions can be incorporated into adaptation plans to reduce losses from climate related extreme weather events. The correlations between weather patterns and the climate system itself, as well as dependencies between socioeconomic variables, such as insurance policies, and climate variables are explained.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Roger Cooke, Carolyn Kousky
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Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response
May 2010
The New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) was convened by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in August 2008 as part of PlaNYC, the City's long-term sustainability plan. The NPCC consists of scientists who study climate change and its impact, as well as legal, insurance, and risk management experts. This Annals volume presents the NPCC report, including New York City–specific climate change projections, tools to help entities identify climate vulnerabilities and develop adaptation strategies, and recommendations on how to foster an effective climate resilience program.
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2010 California Regional Transportation Plan Guidelines - Recommendations for Adapting the Regional Transportation System to Climate Change
April 7, 2010
The California Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Guidelines provides a uniform transportation planning framework for use by Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and Regional Transportation Planning Agencies (RTPAs). The Guidelines cover all aspects of regional transportation planning, with one section offering recommendations for considering climate change. The Guidelines recommend that as a best practice, MPOs and RTPAs should begin to incorporate climate change into their long-range transportation plans.
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2010 California Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Guidelines
April 7, 2010
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