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Pacific Northwest Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
September 2012
The Pacific Northwest Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, a project undertaken by the University of Washington and other collaborators, provides information on the likely effects of climate change on species and ecosystems in the region. The assessment involves scientists, natural resource managers, and conservation planners, and covers an area that extends beyond the borders of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho both south into the U. S. and north into Canada. The assessment contains four main component projects including a sensitivity database, case studies, habitat suitability modeling, and species population modeling.
Related Organizations: National Park Service (NPS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Resource Category: Assessments
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Learning Collaborative for Multifamily Housing Resilience, New York City, New York
April 2013
New York City’s Learning Collaborative for Multifamily Housing Resilience demonstrates how cities can partner with community development stakeholders to conduct vulnerability assessments that enhance the resilience of low-income communities to climate disasters. In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, approximately 20% of the city’s public housing stock was damaged by flood waters, due in part to the placement of high concentrations of subsidized developments in surge-affected areas.
Related Organizations: City of New York, New York, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Resource Category: Planning
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Climate Change Impact Assessment for Surface Transportation in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska
January 2012
The Climate Change Impact Assessment (Assessment) provides a preliminary analysis of the vulnerabilities posed by climate change to the surface transportation infrastructure system in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska region. The Assessment demonstrates a method that planners, engineers, and other agency decision makers can follow when assessing the impacts of climate change on surface transportation in their jurisdiction. The Assessment was conducted for the Region X Northwest Transportation Consortium for transportation policymakers and professionals in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Related Organizations: Region X Northwest Transportation Consortium , Idaho Transportation Department, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, Washington State Department of Transportation, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC), Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Authors or Affiliated Users: John MacArthur, Philip W. Mote, Jason Ideker, Miguel Figliozzi, Ming Lee
Resource Category: Assessments
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Adapting to Climate Change While Planning for Disaster: Footholds, Rope Lines, and the Iowa Floods
December 20, 2011
This report uses the example of flood recovery after the 2008 Midwest floods to propose a more effective way for federal, state, and municipal governments to work together to address the impacts of climate change. The Environmental Protection Agency conducted a pilot project providing technical assistance to vulnerable cities in eastern Iowa, and the analysis was utilized as a case study for this report. The results of the Iowa Pilot Project are relevant to many climate change adaptation efforts around the country.
Related Organizations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Authors or Affiliated Users: Robert R.M. Verchick, Abby Hall
Resource Category: Solutions
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National Weather Service Flood Loss Summary Reports
From NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS), this website provides annual monetary totals, adjusted to inflation each year, for national flood loss or flood damages. In addition, the website offers quick access to numerous data services provided by the NWS, including forecasts, climate predictions, and current climate observations, among others.
Related Organizations: National Weather Service
Resource Category: Data and tools
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AASHTO’s Resilient and Sustainable Transportation Systems Program
AASHTO's Sustainable Transportation: Energy, Infrastructure, and Climate Solutions Technical Assistance Program is designed to assist State Departments of Transportation in understanding the potential effects of climate change, and the range of strategies and options for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Related Organizations: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
Resource Category: Planning
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DOI Secretarial Order 3289 (2010)
February 2, 2010
This U. S, Department of the Interior (DOI) order, Secretarial Order No. 3289, establishes a department-wide approach for applying scientific tools to increase the understanding of climate change and to coordinate an effective response to its impacts on tribes and on the land, water, ocean, fish and wildlife, and cultural heritage resources that the Department manages. It replaces Secretarial Order No. 3226, Amendment No. 1, issued on January 16, 2009, and reinstates the provisions of Secretarial Order No.
Related Organizations: Department of the Interior (DOI): North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), Department of the Interior (DOI): Great Plains Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), Department of the Interior (DOI): Peninsular Florida Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), Department of the Interior (DOI): Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), Department of the Interior (DOI): Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC), Department of the Interior (DOI): California Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCC)
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Bureau of Reclamation
Established in 1902, the Bureau of Reclamation is best known for the dams, power plants, reservoirs, and canals it constructed in the 17 western states, including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River and Grand Coulee on the Columbia River. The Bureau of Reclamation is the largest wholesaler of water in the country. They bring water to more than 31 million people, and provide one out of five Western farmers (140,000) with irrigation water for 10 million acres of farmland that produce 60% of the nation's vegetables and 25% of its fruits and nuts.
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UCLA Health Impact Assessment Clearinghouse Learning and Information Center
This Website is designed to collect and disseminate information on health impact assessments (HIA) in the United States. The website contains completed and in-progress HIAs conducted in the U. S. The site includes a section on training, as well as resources for funding, technical support, and updates on legislative action. It also reviews common pathways examined by HIAs, provides links to HIA-related journal articles and news releases, and information about HIA methods. .
Related Organizations: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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Clean Air Cool Planet (CA-CP)
Clean Air Cool Planet (CA-CP) is a science-based, non-partisan, 501(c)3 non-profit, with offices in Portsmouth, NH; New Canaan, CT; and Washington, DC - dedicated solely to finding and promoting solutions to global warming.
