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National Park Service Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy
2016
The National Park Service (NPS) Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy provides guidance for NPS managers to anticipate, plan for, and respond to the impacts of climate change on the cultural resources within National Parks. The Strategy provides guidance to assist with the interdisciplinary work and specific needs of cultural resource managers and historic preservation partners across the country.
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Memorandum for Executive Departments and Agencies: Strengthening Climate Adaptation Planning in Fiscal Year 2016 and Beyond
April 29, 2016
This memorandum was administered by Shaun Donovan, the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB); and Christy Goldfuss, the Managing Director of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). The purpose of this memorandum is to provide guidance on the process for strategically strengthening Federal agency climate adaptation planning through annual, in-person progress reviews, which began in 2016. The progress reviews established by this memorandum aim to “maintain the Federal Government's focus on planning for the effects of climate change on agency missions, programs, and responsibilities, and continually improving Agency Climate Adaptation Plans as new information, data, tools, and policies are developed.
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Los Angeles Clean Up Green Up Ordinance
April, 2016
In April 2016, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously passed a groundbreaking ordinance to address environmental justice concerns within three distinct neighborhoods: Boyle Heights, Pacoima-Sun Valley, and Wilmington. For decades, these three communities – comprised primarily of low-income, Latinx individuals and families – suffered a wide range of health effects, due mostly to the high concentration of polluting industrial sites within their neighborhoods. To address these inequalities, LA City Council passed and implemented the Clean Up Green Up Ordinance with a three-pronged goal in mind: (1) to reduce pollution in the most toxic, hotspot areas; (2) to prevent additional pollution; and (3) to revitalize these neighborhoods through supporting local businesses and economic development.
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Laurel, Maryland: Code Article IV. - Floodplain Management
April 25, 2016
The City of Laurel, Maryland, adopted Article IV of their Unified Land Development Code on April 25, 2016. Article IV, Floodplain Management, outlines building and structure regulations in the floodplain, including elevating critical facilities to the 0.2-percent chance flood level and enhancing flood protection setback standards.
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Seattle, Washington Equity and Environment Agenda
April 22, 2016
The City of Seattle, Washington released an Equity and Environment Agenda in 2016 - a plan that lays out policy goals and strategies for addressing race and social justice in environmental programs and ensuring benefits are shared by all residents equally.
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Connecticut Executive Order No. 53 - Building code standards for extreme weather
April 22, 2016
Connecticut EO 53 directs state agencies to develop new building code standards that will strengthen building codes to better protect residential and commercial structures from damage caused by flooding and high winds that accompany extreme weather.
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Next Generation - New York City Housing Authority Sustainability Agenda
April 22, 2016
This report outlines New York City’s Housing Authority (NYCHA) plan to support safe, clean, and connected communities that reverse the downward spiral of disinvestment. The plan specifically includes climate change as a risk to the community, public health, and public housing - noting that if Hurricane Sandy is predictive, climate will disproportionately impact low-income people and public housing residents.
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Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund
April 20, 2016
In 2016, the Commonwealth of Virginia established the Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund (Virginia Code § 10. 1-603. 25), a revolving loan fund for local governments to "help residents and businesses that are subject to recurrent flooding as confirmed by a locality-certified floodplain manager. " The fund is administered by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. This Fund was amended and supplanted in 2020 by a broader version of the law, the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.
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Resilient San Francisco - Stronger Today. Stronger Tomorrow.
April 18, 2016
San Francisco’s Resilience Strategy is built around four goals which address six key challenges that face the City including earthquakes, climate change, sea level rise, aging infrastructure, social inequity, and “unaffordability.”
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City of Tybee Island, Georgia, Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan
April 17, 2016
Tybee Island is a barrier island located 18 miles away from Savannah, Georgia - accessible only by a single causeway. The Tybee Island Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Plan identifies how more frequent coastal flooding and sea-level rise could impact low-lying infrastructure on the island; and provides a synthesis of the public engagement processes, technical research, and sea-level rise adaptation strategies. The City of Tybee Island partnered with Georgia Sea Grant, the University of Georgia, and Stetson University to develop this sea-level rise adaptation plan.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Jason M. Evans, Jill Gambill, Robin J. McDowell, P. Warwick Prichard, Charles S. Hopkinson
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