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A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Biodiversity in New Mexico
December 4, 2008
The New Mexico Climate Change Adaptation Project of the Nature Conservancy produced this vulnerability assessment in two parts: Part I - "Implications of Recent Climate Change on Conservation Priorities in New Mexico" and Part II - "Conservation Implications of Emerging Moisture Stress due to Recent Climate Changes in New Mexico." Part one is a state-wide assessment of the climate change vulnerability of priority habitats and wildlife species.
Related Organizations: University of Washington, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Carolyn A. F. Enquist, David F. Gori
Resource Category: Assessments
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Adaptation of Transportation Infrastructure to Global Climate Change Effects: Implications for Design and Implementation
December 2008
This appendix to a Peer Workshop report issued by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a short overview of the need to adapt transportation planning and construction practices to the effects of climate change. It summarizes likely climate change impacts to transportation infrastructure. Topics covered include prioritizing the use of resources, performing environmental impact reviews, including climate impacts in the design and construction of infrastructure projects, and the need to account for climate change in maintenance and operations.
Related Organizations: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Resource Category: Planning
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Houston-Galveston Area, Texas Council Foresight Panel on Environmental Effects Report
December 2008
The Houston Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) established an expert panel to develop recommendations for local governments to adapt to climate change impacts and the associated environmental effects on the region. This Foresight Panel on Environmental Effects was comprised of experts in climate change and local infrastructure planning. The Panel in turn produced this comprehensive report which reviews current and projected climate impacts and provides specific adaptation strategies.
Related Organizations: Houston-Galveston Area Council
Resource Category: Planning
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The Status of the Coral Reef Ecosystems of Guam
December 2008
This report provides an assessment of the status of the coral reef ecosystems of Guam between 2004 and 2007. The findings of various monitoring activities, assessments, and stand-alone investigations conducted by local and federal agencies, educational/research institutions, and government contractors since 2004 were synthesized to obtain an updated, holistic view of the status of Guam’s reefs. Climate change is addressed as a significant factor in the decline of the coral reef in Guam.
Related Organizations: Guam Bureau of Statistics and Planning
Authors or Affiliated Users: D. Burdick, V. Brown, J. Asher, C. Caballes, M. Gawel, L. Goldman, A. Hall, J. Kenyon, T. Leberer, E. Lundblad, J. McIlwain, J. Miller, D. Minton, M. Nadon, N. Pioppi, L. Raymundo, B. Richards, R. Schroeder, P. Schupp, E. Smith, B. Zgliczynski
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Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP) 3.4: Abrupt Climate Change
December 2008
This report is one in a series of 21 SAPs produced between 2004 and 2009 by the U. S. Climate Change Science Program, aimed at providing current assessments of climate change science in the U. S. to inform public debate, policy, and operational decisions. This report considers progress in understanding four abrupt changes in the paleoclimatic record whose impacts are so rapid and large that they would pose clear risks to society if they were to recur: 1) rapid change in glaciers, ice sheets, and hence sea level; 2) widespread and sustained changes to the hydrologic cycle; 3) abrupt change in the northward flow of warm, salty water in the upper layers of the Atlantic Ocean associated with the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and southward flow of cold water in the deep Atlantic; and 4) rapid release to the atmosphere of methane trapped in permafrost and on continental margins.
Related Organizations: U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
Authors or Affiliated Users: Peter U. Clark, Andrew J. Weaver, Edward Brook, Edward R. Cook, Thomas L. Delworth, Konrad Steffen
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Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan 2008 for New York City
December 2008
The 2008 Sustainable Stormwater Management Plan was New York City's first comprehensive analysis of the costs and benefits of alternative green infrastructure methods for controlling stormwater. The product of an interagency task force, this plan provides a framework for testing, assessing, and implementing small installations to control stormwater at its source, such as source controls, green infrastructure, low impact development, best management practices, or BMPs.
Related Organizations: City of New York, New York
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Prince Edward Island and Climate Change: A Strategy for Reducing the Impacts of Global Warming
November 20, 2008
As an island with a highly erodible sandstone bedrock, a sandy shoreline with many estuaries and marshes, and the ongoing submergence of its coast, Prince Edward Island has been identified as one of the areas most vulnerable to sea level rise in Canada. This strategy from the Government of Prince Edward Island presents the current and projected climate change impacts on the island, while delineating mitigation measures across many sectors, as well as general adaptation strategies.
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Adding Green to Urban Design: A City for Us and Future Generations
November 20, 2008
Adopted by the Chicago Plan Commission in November 2008, this urban planning document presents a detailed implementation strategy for economically sound and environmentally sustainable urban design. Elements for consideration encompass all areas of the city exposed to the environment from the building exterior to the street - including roofs, facades, yards, landscapes, open spaces, parkways, driveways, sidewalks, alleys, and roadways.
Related Organizations: City of Chicago, Illinois
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California Executive Order S-13-08 Requiring State Adaptation Strategy
November 14, 2008
Approved and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in November 2008, this executive order requires the California Natural Resources Agency to develop a state Climate Adaptation Strategy in coordination with local, regional, state and federal public and private entities.
Related Organizations: California Office of the Governor
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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National Capital Region Climate Change Report
November 12, 2008
This report was prepared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Climate Change Steering Committee (CCSC), comprised of officials from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. This report presents recommendations for regional action by proposing broad goals, identifying actions that will begin to reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions, and setting in place a process to implement the regional framework as presented in this document.
Related Organizations: Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG, COG)
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