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Status and Progress in Engaging Communities of Color to Advance Resilience to Climate Change: Experience of 15 U.S. Cities
December 2014
From the Texas Health Institute and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, this report documents a study of the progress made by major U. S. cities in engaging vulnerable communities of color in climate change planning and adaptation. A large variation was found in cities across the country, and lessons learned of the most socially equitable and progressive adaptation planning strategies are shared. The report offers community level “bottom-up” engagement strategies to inform national, state, and local policies and programs on socially equitable climate change planning.
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Southeast Florida Regional Compact: Climate Action Plan - 2014 Municipal Implementation Survey
December 2014
The Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC), on behalf of the Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact, has administered the Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) 2014 Municipal Implementation Survey, compiling climate-related ordinances, resolutions, regulations and administrative policy information from the 108 municipalities in Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida. The data collected from this survey will allow the Compact and ISC to create a database on the Compact’s official website highlighting municipal work in mitigating and adapting to climate change impacts, and will allow for peer-to-peer knowledge and resource sharing.
Author or Affiliated User: Ariel Elyse Moger
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Monitoring, Mapping, Modeling, Mitigation, and Messaging: Maine Prepares for Climate Change
September 2014
The Environmental and Energy Resources Working Group was established by Governor LePage to identify ways that Maine can better respond to climate change. Lead by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), this Working Group’s report summarizes ongoing adaptation projects and identifies ways that the work could be streamlined. It also includes input from stakeholders at public meetings which helped inform its recommendations. The report’s recommendations are divided into five broad approaches: monitoring, mapping, modeling, mitigation, and messaging.
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FTA and Climate Change Adaptation: Synthesis of FTA-Funded Pilots
August 2014
In 2011, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced its Climate Change Adaptation Initiative and committed $1 million in research funding to pilot projects in seven geographically-diverse locations, including nine transit agencies. This report offers a brief summary on each of those seven pilot studies, including:
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Climate Change & Community of Color: Key Poll Findings and Top Lines
2014
This report summarizes a 2014 poll that assessed people of color's views on climate change. It finds that climate change is a high profile issue for communities of color. It also finds that voters of color see economic benefits to investing in the green economy and see addressing climate change as a moral obligation. The poll surveyed 800 registered African American, Latino, and Asian voters in the summer of 2014.
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Taking Action on Climate Change: Connecticut DEEP 2014 Progress Report
June 6, 2014
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) released this progress report reviewing the work the state is doing to mitigate and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
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PlaNYC Progress Report: Sustainability and Resiliency 2014
April 22, 2014
New York City’s PlaNYC Progress Report 2014 provides an update of what progress has been made in the areas of sustainability and resiliency since PlaNYC was released in 2013. The initiatives discussed focus on New York City’s environment, providing more housing, improving public space, and improving the way the City’s infrastructure serves its residents, and increasing the City’s resiliency to extreme weather events and climate change.
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Adapting to Climate Change in Minnesota - 2013 Report of the Interagency Climate Adaptation Team
November 2013
Minnesota’s Interagency Climate Adaptation Team (ICAT) 2013 report highlights how the state is working to reduce impacts, increase resiliency, and adapt to climate change. The report provides a comprehensive overview of climate impacts in Minnesota, followed by all of the state agencies climate adaptation progress.
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The White House Blog: State-by-State Reports on Climate Impacts
June 26, 2013
As of 2013, the White House website provided detailed updates on President Obama's climate change action plan. Along with an informal review of the plan, links are provided for state-by-state reports, in which each state is represented by a briefing on current and anticipated climate impacts (as of 2011-2013). Each state report details the impacts of extreme weather and pollution, the anticipated climate impacts of the related region, and examples of reducing carbon pollution and increasing climate resilience within each state.
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Cleaner, Greener Communities Program Sustainability Indicator Guidance Document
June 7, 2013
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Cleaner Greener Communities program encourages sustainable, smart growth development throughout New York State. To assess progress toward achieving sustainability goals, this guidance document outlines indicators, data sources, and instructions to measure indicators across the following topic areas: energy, transportation, land use and livable communities, waste management, water management, economic development, climate change adaptation, governance, greenhouse gas emissions, and agriculture and forestry.
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