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Maine LD 1602 – Establishes a Commission to study the impacts of ocean acidification in Maine
April 30, 2014
On April 30, 2014 Maine addressed the threat of ocean acidification with a new law: 'Resolve, Establishing the Commission to Study the Effects of Coastal and Ocean Acidification and Its Existing and Potential Effects on Species That Are Commercially Harvested and Grown along the Maine Coast. ’ The first of its kind on the East Coast, the law considers the impacts of rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean on the ecosystem and on commercial shellfish grown and harvested along the Maine coast.
Related Organizations: State of Maine
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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PlaNYC Progress Report: Sustainability and Resiliency 2014
April 22, 2014
New York City’s PlaNYC Progress Report 2014 provides an update of what progress has been made in the areas of sustainability and resiliency since PlaNYC was released in 2013. The initiatives discussed focus on New York City’s environment, providing more housing, improving public space, and improving the way the City’s infrastructure serves its residents, and increasing the City’s resiliency to extreme weather events and climate change.
Related Organizations: City of New York, New York
Resource Category: Monitoring and Reporting
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Lafourche Parish, Louisiana Comprehensive Resiliency Plan
April 8, 2014
Lafourche Parish in coastal Louisiana created a comprehensive resiliency plan to guide economic development, transportation and land use investments in the parish for the next 20 years, as well as to strengthen local resiliency to natural disasters. In an effort to make wiser and more coordinated development decisions, Lafourche Parish, with the assistance of the Center for Planning Excellence and Office of Community Development, has collaborated with citizens and local businesses to produce this planning document that will provide a blueprint and recommendations for growth and development in Lafourche.
Resource Category: Planning
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State of the Forest 2014 Report: Roaring Fork Watershed, Colorado
April 3, 2014
From the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES), the 2014 State of the Forest Report presents an in-depth look at the health of regional forests, including climatic factors and insect and disease infestations currently impacting local forests. This graphically-rich magazine style report is intended to help inform policy that promotes managing for healthy forests by federal, state, and local governments as well as NGOs and private citizens living in and around the wildland-urban interface.
Related Organizations: Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) - Colorado
Resource Category: Assessments
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One City, Rebuilding Together: A Report on the City of New York's Response to Hurricane Sandy and the Path Forward
April 2014
This report reviews New York City’s housing recovery efforts after Hurricane Sandy through the “Build It Back” program. The report highlights actions already taken by the City to address existing concerns with the program and makes extensive recommendations for other changes, representing a major overhaul of currently active recovery programs. The city’s broader efforts around resiliency management and planning are described, as well as an updated strategy to improve New York’s recovery programs is provided.
Related Organizations: City of New York, New York
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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City of Chicago Green Stormwater Infrastructure Strategy
April 2014
In 2014, Chicago, Illinois released its green stormwater infrastructure plan to improve the city’s water quality, reduce flood risks, and build climate resilience. With 26-miles of lakefront and 28-miles of riverfront, Chicago understands that water is both one of its greatest assets and largest sources of risk. This plan describes ways to integrate green techniques into Chicago’s well established, but already overtaxed stormwater system that will only become more burdened as climate change causes increased precipitation.
Related Organizations: City of Chicago, Illinois
Resource Category: Planning
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Great Lakes Restoration and Climate Change Symposium
April 2014
The purpose of the Great Lakes Restoration and Climate Change event was to convene Great Lakes leaders and climate experts to assess the range of impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes, and to develop policy-based strategies to integrate climate variation into future restoration and stewardship practices. Jenny Kehl, the director of the Center for Water Policy at University of Wisconsin’s School of Freshwater Sciences, spearheaded the meeting and action plan.
Related Organizations: University of Wisconsin
Resource Category: Planning
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A Geospatial Dataset for U.S. Hurricane Storm Surge and Sea-level Rise Vulnerability: Development and Case Study Applications
April 2014
Published in the ‘Climate Risk Management’ journal, this study presents the results of an effort to develop storm surge inundation layers for the eastern U.S. - a first pass assessment of exposure to hurricane storm surge and sea-level rise for the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts. The results include multiple inundation mapping overlays reflecting both hurricanes of different intensities as well as various scenarios of sea-level rise.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Megan C. Maloney, Benjamin L. Preston
Resource Category: Assessments
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City Resilience Framework
April 2014 (Updated December 2015)
Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation and developed by Arup’s International Development team, the City Resilience Framework is a holistic, evidence-based framework for understanding city resilience to inform urban planning and investment decisions. The Rockefeller Foundation is using the framework to create resilience-building agendas at city-level with current members of their 100 Resilient Cities Network. Presenting an inclusive method for articulating city resilience, the framework underpins and reinforces the City Resilience Index's full suite of indicators and variables.
Related Organizations: The Rockefeller Foundation, Resilient Communities for America, Arup
Resource Category: Solutions
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CCAP Meeting Summary: Green Resilience Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Synergies
April 2014
The purpose of this report is to capture best practices and lessons learned from experts in the field who are contributing to an integrated approach to climate adaptation and mitigation. These best practice and lessons learned are from the “Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies: Pursuing Implementation Pilots” symposium and workshop sessions held at the 14th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment Conference held in Washington, DC From January 28-30, 2014.
Related Organizations: Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP), Georgetown Climate Center
Resource Category: Solutions
