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Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change Report
December 2020
The Wisconsin Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change, established in 2019, included a broad array of stakeholders and conferred with people from across the state to identify, examine, and include strategies to reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions and increase resilience to climate change impacts. The task force issued its report in December 2020, which identifies 55 strategies across 9 sectors: Climate justice and equity; Energy; Transportation; Agriculture; Resilient Systems; Clean economy; Education; Food systems; and Forestry.
Related Organizations: Wisconsin Governor's Task Force on Climate Change
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Lac du Flambeau Climate Change Resilience Initiative
The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians have developed the Climate Change Resilience Initiative incorporating traditional knowledge and western science to better understand how the land, waters, species and resources have been and will be affected by climate change. The Initiative is built around the greater goal of protecting minobimadiziiwin (culture and way of life) and the economy of the Waswagoning (Lac du Flambeau) community for the next seven generations. Four climate related plans were developed by the Lac du Flambeau including an Energy Reduction Plan, Hazard Mitigation Plan, Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, and a Climate Change Adaptation Plan.
Related Organizations: Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Ojibwe) Indians, Great Lakes Regional Integrated Sciences & Assessments Center (GLISA) - RISA, Bullock & Haddow, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
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Wisconsin Executive Order No. 52: Creation of the Governor's Task Force on Climate Change
October 17, 2019
On October 17, 2019, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed Executive Order (EO) No. 52 to create the Task Force on Climate Change, an initiative that will bring together involved state agencies and a diverse coalition of stakeholders representing the business and agricultural communities, the utility companies, organized labor, the tourism industry, Native Nations, and institutions of higher education, who will collaboratively work to develop recommendations to mitigate and adapt to the consequences of climate change to the benefit of the Wisconsin inhabitants.
Related Organizations: Wisconsin Governor's Task Force on Climate Change
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Wisconsin Climate and Health Toolkits
2019
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services created the Climate and Health Toolkits to offer guidance on health-related climate change preparedness and response to local governments, health departments, and the public. Nine toolkits focused on Extreme Heat, Flood, Winter Weather, Wildfire, Chemical Release, Harmful Algal Blooms, Drought, Thunderstorms and Tornadoes, and Vectorborne Disease are provided, each accompanied by a one-page fact sheet for general audiences. Each toolkit offers background information, climate trends, and health impacts associated with the topic, as well as preparedness strategies and guidance, best practice tips, communication tools for outreach, and additional resources.
Related Organizations: Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Resource Category: Solutions
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Wisconsin Executive Order No. 38: Creation of the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy
August 16, 2019
On August 16, 2019, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed Executive Order (EO) No. 38 to create the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy at the Wisconsin Department of Administration (DOA), whose main task is developing a Clean Energy Plan to assist the state in adapting to and mitigating the harm from climate change by using clean energy resources and technology.
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin Framework for Green Infrastructure Plan, Ordinance
September 12, 2018
The City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has approved the Framework for a Green Infrastructure Plan with goals of supporting climate change adaptation and resilience. According to the Framework and Ordinance which updates Milwaukee's stormwater management regulations, large developments will be required to capture the first 1/2 inch of rainfall using green infrastructure. The plan also increases funding for green infrastructure projects in Milwaukee’s streets, schoolyards, and parking lots. The City expects to publish the final Green Infrastructure Plan based on this Framework by February 2019.
Related Organizations: City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District (MMSD)
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Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment - Integrating Scientific and Traditional Ecological Knowledge
April 2018
The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) is “an intertribal natural resource agency that assists its 11 member Ojibwe (also known as Chippewa, or Anishinaabe) tribes in the implementation and protection of off-reservation treaty rights to hunt, fish, and gather in territories ceded (or sold) to the United States. ” The Commission has worked closely with these tribes to assess the vulnerability of the local ecosystems and natural resources to climate change across the Great Lakes region including Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Related Organizations: Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission
Resource Category: Assessments
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An Equitable Water Future: Opportunities for the Great Lakes Region
March 6, 2018
The U.S. Water Alliance has investigated water assets and systems in the Great Lakes region, and the equitable management of these assets. The report describes climate change impacts on water resources, along with other equity issues such as failing infrastructure, affordability, and workforce inclusion. Opportunities for the region to adapt the water sector, and detailed strategies provide a framework for making these water systems more inclusive.
Related Organizations: U.S. Water Alliance
Resource Category: Solutions
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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
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Climate Change Adaptation Demonstration: Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Twentymile Creek and Marengo River Watersheds
2012 - 2017
An adaptation demonstration project was undertaken by the US Forest Service’s Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIAC), the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest (CNNF), and the Shared Landscapes Initiative, which included several watershed restoration activities underway in northern Wisconsin. The applied adaptation and restoration measures are being evaluated for their ability to increase watershed resilience to changing conditions due to climate.
Related Organizations: Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS)
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