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An Equitable Water Future: Louisville, Kentucky
June 26, 2019
An Equitable Water Future: Louisville focuses on building equity in the infrastructure workforce, primarily the water sector, in Louisville, Kentucky. Local factors that influence water equity are described, including concentrated vulnerable communities that are disproportionality experiencing aging infrastructure, flooding and climate impacts, and barriers to participating in the local infrastructure workforce. The report outlines recommendations to address these issues that Louisville and other municipalities can take to advance sustainable and equitable utility management.
Resource Category: Solutions
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An Act to Promote Clean Energy Jobs and to Establish the Maine Climate Council
June 26, 2019
In June 2019, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed into law "An Act to Promote Clean Energy Jobs and to Establish the Maine Climate Council. " The act states that the impacts of climate change have created an "emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine" and find that the law is "immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety. " To address the state's climate emergency, the act includes multiple provisions related to climate adaptation and resilience.
Author or Affiliated User: Nathan Robbins
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Incorporating Climate Change into State Public Health Policy in Virginia
June 25, 2019
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is in the beginning stages of incorporating climate change impacts into its public health programs through its newly established Climate Change Committee (C-3). Other Virginia agencies and organizations are also incorporating public health considerations into climate actions.
Author or Affiliated User: Kathryn Braddock
Resource Category: Planning
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Santa Monica Sustainability Rights Ordinance
June 25, 2019
The Santa Monica Sustainability Rights Ordinance, adopted by the Santa Monica City Council in June 2019, declares a human right to a healthy environment and grants natural ecosystems a right of existence. The ordinance reaffirms the City’s commitment to protecting and modeling sustainability, including with regard to rights it recognizes but believes existing law fails to protect. The ordinance empowers citizens to bring suit to protect nature’s rights and their own related to the environment.
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund
June 13, 2019
In June 2019, the State of Texas established the Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund (TIRF), a new special fund in the state treasury for the purpose of financing flood mitigation and protection projects and related planning efforts. The TIRF is administered by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and includes four separate accounts: a Federal Matching Account, a Floodplain Management Account, a Flood Implementation Account, and a Hurricane Harvey Account.
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Norfolk Special Service District Policy for Flood Protection
June 11, 2019
In June 2019, the Norfolk City Council adopted a policy authorizing the creation of Special Service Districts (SSD) to support implementation of local flood risk reduction and water quality improvement projects in the City of Norfolk, Virginia. SSDs enable a group of residents to agree to pay a tax to finance additional services in a particular neighborhood. The Norfolk policy allows SSD funding to be used to pay for flood mitigation, dredging, water quality improvements, and coastal protection projects.
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Mainstreaming Climate Change in Public Health Policy and Practice in Oregon
June 5, 2019
The Oregon Health Authority’s Climate and Health Program is striving to integrate climate change into public health practice, systems, and policies to ensure that all Oregon residents have equitable access to clean air, clean water, and healthy food. The department has worked with five local health jurisdictions to create and implement adaptation plans, and created a Resilience Toolkit based on lessons learned to support other local entities in similar efforts. The Climate and Health Program has also developed a state-level Climate and Health Resilience Plan, which identifies overarching resilience strategies and associated implementation activities for state and local agencies.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Rachel M. Gregg, Whitney Reynier
Resource Category: Planning
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City of Lumberton, North Carolina: Lumberton, North Carolina Community Floodprint
2019
The City of Lumberton is a small community in North Carolina built along the Lumber River. The river and its floodplains are an integral part of the landscape and Lumberton’s history and cultural and economic identity. Meanwhile, flooding has become more frequent and severe — requiring new adaptive flood mitigation solutions. In 2016, the community was devastated by Hurricane Matthew when the river flooded hundreds of homes and businesses. Just as the city was beginning to rebuild two years later, Hurricane Florence resulted in similar compounding damages.
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Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad: A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu
2019
Dibaginjigaadeg Anishinaabe Ezhitwaad: A Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu was developed to support climate adaptation planning that integrates tribal and indigenous traditional values. The Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu (Menu) is an extensive collection of adaptation strategies based in natural climate solutions and resource management, primarily for the use of indigenous communities, tribal natural resource agencies and their non-indigenous partners. The Menu is designed to address the unique needs, knowledges and cultures of indigenous communities, and includes Guiding Principles, which describe considerations for working with indigenous peoples.
Resource Category: Planning
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Samish Indian Nation Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
June 2019
The Samish Indian Nation have lived along the Salish Sea of Washington State “since time immemorial,” and are experiencing the impacts of climate change on their ancestral lands, waters, communities, wildlife, culture, and way of life. The Samish Indian Nation Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment was developed to provide the tribe with an understanding of how climate change will impact important resources, and to highlight areas that need further research and adaptation planning. It was prepared through collaboration of the Samish Indian Nation staff and Tribal community members led by the Samish Climate Change Working Group.
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