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Coastal California Adaptation Policy Briefs
February 2018
The Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions released a series of policy briefs for coastal planners to help them develop strategies for adapting to sea-level rise, including engineered, financial, and legal and regulatory strategies.
Related Organizations: Natural Capital Project
Authors or Affiliated Users: Eric Hartge, Jesse Reiblich
Resource Category: Solutions
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Sustainable Cleveland 2019
2018
Sustainable Cleveland 2019 is a 10-year initiative “to design and develop a thriving and resilient Cleveland that leverages its wealth of assets to build economic, social and environmental well-being for all.” Sustainable Cleveland was founded by Mayor Frank G. Jackson, is administrated by the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, and is funded by foundation, corporate and individual support.
Related Organizations: City of Cleveland, Ohio, City of Cleveland, Office of Sustainability
Resource Category: Planning
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Owning the Benefits of Solar+Storage: New Ownership and Investment Models for Affordable Housing and Community Facilities
February 2018
This policy paper examines five models for financing solar PV coupled with battery storage (solar + storage) with the aim of identifying solutions for increasing access to renewable energy in affordable housing and community facilities serving low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities. Solar + storage can reduce utility bills, increase the resilience of power systems, and, in some cases, can lead to revenue from grid services. For these reasons, solar + storage is seen as an equity strategy that can benefit LMI communities.
Related Organizations: Clean Energy Group
Authors or Affiliated Users: Robert Sanders, Lew Milford
Resource Category: Funding
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Marin County, California Ocean Coast Sea-Level Rise Adaptation Report
February 27, 2018
Marin County’s “Collaboration: Sea-level Marin Adaptation Response Team” (C-SMART) is a multi-stakeholder, inter-governmental partnership that collaborates to determine sea level rise impacts and adaptation options for the county. This comprehensive analysis from C-SMART presents strategies for increasing resiliency of Marin’s coast with options to accommodate, protect against, or retreat from the threats of sea level rise and coastal hazards.
Related Organizations: Marin County Collaboration - Sea-level Marin Adaptation Response Team (C-SMART)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Jack Liebster, Alex Westhoff
Resource Category: Planning
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Building a Better Norfolk: A Zoning Ordinance of the 21st Century
January 23, 2018
The City of Norfolk, Virginia adopted a new zoning ordinance to enhance flood resilience and direct new more intense development to higher ground; the ordinance was adopted on January 23, 2018 and became effective on March 1, 2018. The ordinance establishes a Coastal Resilience Overlay (CRO) zone, where new development and redevelopment will have to comply with new flood resilience requirements, and an Upland Resilience Overlay (URO), designed to encourage new development in areas of the city with lower risk of flooding.
Related Organizations: City of Norfolk, Virginia
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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California State Adaptation Clearinghouse - ResilientCA.org
2018
California’s Adaptation Clearinghouse has been developed by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) in response to CA’s 2015 Senate Bill 246 - which directed OPR to form the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program. One main component of the Program is the State Adaptation Clearinghouse, which serves as a “centralized source of information and resources to assist decision makers at the state, tribal, regional, and local levels when planning for and implementing climate adaptation projects to promote resiliency across California.
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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Help Us Improve the Adaptation Clearinghouse
March 2018
Help us continue to improve this important resource by responding to a brief survey about the Adaptation Clearinghouse. The Georgetown Climate Center launched a new and improved version of our Adaptation Clearinghouse in July 2016. Your feedback will help us know what is working well and how we can better support the efforts of the adaptation community. .
Resource Category: Assessments
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Agricultural Climate Resiliency and Efficiencies (ACRE) Program for Massachusetts
March 2018
The Agricultural Climate Resiliency & Efficiencies (ACRE) was created as part of the implementation of Governor Baker’s Executive Order 569, which focuses reducing carbon emissions and building a more climate resilient Massachusetts. The program advances that goal - as well as more specific goals identified in the Massachusetts Local Action Food Plan - by providing grants to producers to implement practices that improve their farms’ resiliency. $500,000 in grants have gone to 16 Massachusetts farms to install practices that help mitigate and adapt to climate impacts.
Related Organizations: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
Resource Category: Funding
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From the Ground Up: The State of the States on Climate Adaptation for Agriculture
March 2018
Recognizing the leading role that states are playing in addressing climate change, this report from the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy catalogues policies related to the need for agricultural adaptation in the 18 states states with climate adaptation plans (or specific agricultural policy papers). These states include: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Related Organizations: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
Resource Category: Planning
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WEDG (Waterfront Edge Design Guidelines)
March 2018
A program of the Waterfront Alliance, WEDG is a tool for use prior to and during the design process of waterfront projects. Created for professionals, communities, and landowners, the tool is a credit system and series of guidelines to develop and enhance coastal projects on a voluntary basis. The guidelines support decision making for development that is resilient to the coastal impacts of climate change, enhances ecological protections, and provides equitable public access.
Related Organizations: Waterfront Alliance
Resource Category: Planning
