Search Results
Resource
Climate Change Adaptation Demonstration: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Twentymile Creek and Marengo River Watersheds
2012 - 2017
An adaptation demonstration project was undertaken by the US Forest Service’s Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIAC), the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (CNNF), and the Shared Landscapes Initiative, which included several watershed restoration activities underway in northern Wisconsin. The applied adaptation and restoration measures are being evaluated for their ability to increase watershed resilience to changing conditions due to climate.
Resource Category: Solutions
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
Vermont Flood Ready Atlas
The Vermont Flood Ready Atlas is an online mapping tool that offers community to watershed level data and visualizes the risk of localized flooding in Vermont. The Atlas identifies local watersheds and provides a view of the extent of natural flood protection provided by Vermont’s forests, wetlands, floodplains and river corridors.
Resource Category: Data and tools
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
California Climate Change and Health Profile Reports
2017
The CalBRACE (California Building Resilience Against Climate Effects) Project of the California Department of Public Health (DPH) developed 58 Climate Change and Health Profile Reports – one for each county in the state. The reports outline climate projections for extreme heat, sea level rise, wildfires, drought and air quality, as well as climate related health risks and indicators for social vulnerability. Adaptation strategies are outlined for each county also, to address these public health impacts.
Resource Category: Assessments
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Indicators for California
2017
The Climate Change and Health Equity Program of the California Department of Public Health developed Climate Change and Health Vulnerability Indicators for California. The indicators can help communities and local decision makers to better understand the populations that are more at risk for climate change induced or exacerbated health impacts. DPH suggests that the indicators can be used to screen and prioritize public health action to increase resilience. There are 21 indicators, organized into three domains: environmental exposures, population sensitivity, and adaptive capacity.
Resource Category: Planning
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
Right to Counsel, New York City, New York
2017
New York City’s Universal Access to Legal Representation Law (or Right to Counsel (RTC)) is the first in the country to provide right-to-counsel in housing cases. The 2017 law allocates $155 million over five years to a program that provides free legal representation to tenants for eviction or other housing-related matters. Since its inception, the program has raised the number of represented tenants from 10 to over 27%, decreased evictions by 23%, and has saved the city an estimated $320 million per year. Initially implemented in the Bronx, the program is set to expand to other boroughs beginning in 2020.
Resource Category: Law and Governance
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
Lessons in Regional Resilience: Case Studies on Regional Climate Collaboratives
January 19, 2017
The Georgetown Climate Center report, Lessons in Regional Resilience, documents lessons learned from regional climate collaboratives, which are bringing together local governments and other stakeholders to coordinate climate change initiatives at a regional level. This synthesis report shares lessons from each of the collaboratives in individual case studies, and offers insight to their goals, planning processes, and funding sources. The report is intended to help local governments consider models for coordinating at the regional level to facilitate planning and action to prepare for the impacts of climate change and draws on examples from six regional collaboratives from around the country.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Annie Bennett, Jessica Grannis
Resource Category: Law and Governance
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (OCAR3)
January 2017
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report (OCAR3) released in January 2017 summarizes current climate change science and impacts for Oregon, while building on the previous assessment reports from 2010 and 2013. The legislatively mandated report was produced by the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute at Oregon State University in response to Oregon House Bill 3543 - “Global Warming Actions” - which requires a bi-annual assessment to the Legislative Assembly and Governor by the Research Institute with the likely effects of climate change on the state.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Meghan M. Dalton, Kathie D. Dello, Linnia Hawkins, Philip W. Mote, David E. Rupp
Resource Category: Assessments
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
U.S. HHS 2017 Environmental Justice Implementation Progress Report
January 2017
This report summarizes the progress of activities outlined in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 2012 Environmental Justice Strategy, which complies with Executive Order 12898, Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations (Clinton, 1994). The report identifies priority focus areas for HHS, one of which is climate change. The agency's accomplishments to advance the 2012 Strategy as of 2016 are detailed, including the progress status of 37 actions related to environmental justice that HHS committed to in 2012.
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
2016 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests: Fire and Water
January 2017
The 2016 Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) report provides information on the health of Colorado’s 24. 4 million acres of forested land framed by the role that fire and water play in the state’s forest ecosystems. The report also details the impact of insects and diseases, especially the mountain pine beetle epidemic, which has killed over 3 million acres in the state and fueled an increase in forest fires. The CSFS recognizes that these risks, including increasingly severe wildfires, drought and insect infestations are likely to be amplified by climate change in the future.
Resource Category: Assessments
See Resource Login to Add to My Resource List
Resource
USGCRP Strategic Plan 2016: The National Global Change Research Plan 2012-2021 - A Triennial Update
January 2017
The U. S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Strategic Plan serves as the guiding document for USGCRP through 2021, and this report updates the Program priorities as of 2016. The report summarizes USGCRP’s progress in implementing the Strategic Plan since 2012, and outlines USGCRPS’s primary goals and correlated objectives in interagency research priority areas. USGCRP’s dual mission is to both advance fundamental science and support its use by decision makers - so the report is written for both scientific and decision-maker audiences.
Resource Category: Planning
