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December 2024
Maryland’s Plan to Adapt to Saltwater Intrusion and Salinization, first published in 2019 and updated in 2024, provides recommendations for state-level action to better understand the impacts of increasing saltwater intrusion and salinization on different resources and to adapt to these impacts. Saltwater intrusion in the region is expected to worsen over time due to climate change, and the report describes which of the state’s resources are at greatest risk, adaptation measures that are currently in use and recommended, and what additional research is needed for adequate adaptation and resilience.
Related Organizations: Maryland Department of Planning
Resource Category: Planning
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September 2024
In September 2024, the Washington State Department of Ecology and partner agencies released an update to the state’s Climate Resilience Strategy.
Related Organizations: Washington State Department of Ecology
Resource Category: Planning
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August 23, 2024
Maryland’s Next Generation Adaptation Plan (NextGen), developed by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, presents a comprehensive 10-year roadmap to enhance Maryland’s resilience to climate change.
Related Organizations: Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Resource Category: Planning
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February 12, 2024
Signed by Governor Roy Cooper on February 12, 2024, Executive Order 305 sets the most ambitious environmental and restoration goals in North Carolina history. It notes that North Carolina is experiencing the impacts of climate change in the form of more intense and frequent hurricanes, extreme temperatures, flooding, droughts, sea level rise, and saltwater intrusion. The Order states that these impacts are endangering the people of North Carolina, are hurting the economy, and have caused over 250 billion dollars in damage in recent years.
Related Organizations: North Carolina Office of the Governor
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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February 6, 2024
The Community Change Grant Equitable Resilience technical assistance program, an initiative spearheaded by the U.S. the Environmental Protection Agency, will provide free assistance to entities applying for Community Change Grants. EPA plans to offer this technical assistance to up to 50 Community Change Grants applicants. The program will provide free project development assistance, community engagement, and partnership development workshops.
Related Organizations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Category: Data and tools
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December 9, 2023
The Nature-Based Solutions Resource Guide 2. 0, released by the White House in December of 2023, aims to encourage implementation and awareness of nature-based solutions employed by federal agencies and partners. The Guide defines nature-based solutions as “actions to protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural or modified ecosystems to address societal challenges, simultaneously providing benefits for people and the environment. ” Nature-based solutions can be used to provide a wide range of benefits, such as supporting wildlife, reducing heat stress, reducing future disaster risk, and overcoming environmental injustices.
Related Organizations: White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) , White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Resource Category: Data and tools
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2021
In 2021, the City of Boise, Idaho published Boise's Climate Action Roadmap, a plan to help the city and its communities become carbon neutral and build resilience and ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change. The plan includes seven categories for action that will help reach both emissions reduction and resilience goals: Buildings and Energy, Transportation, Consumption and Waste, Food Systems, Natural Environment, Water, and Innovation and Engagement. In advancing strategies within these climate action priorities, Boise will be operating under three guiding principles to advance equity, improve health and wellness, and grow a climate economy.
Related Organizations: City of Boise, Idaho
Resource Category: Planning
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September 23, 2021
On September 23, 2021, California signed a $15-billion climate-investment package that includes 24 bills dedicated to tackling the climate crisis and protecting frontline communities in California. The bills address clean energy, wildfires, droughts, community climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, extreme heat, and sea-level rise, among other topics. As Governor Gavin Newsom explained, the bills aim to address “the climate crisis head-on while protecting the hardest-hit communities” in California.
Related Organizations: State of California
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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January 2021
The Phase I report by the Connecticut Governor’s Council on Climate Change (GC3) -- Taking Action on Climate Change and Building a More Climate Resilient Connecticut for All -- released January 2021, contains a wide array of recommendations for improving Connecticut’s resilience to climate change that can be implemented by early 2022. An Adaptation and Resilience plan is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021 and will include recommendations on longer term policies. The report and forthcoming adaptation plan were called for in an executive order issued in September 2019.
Related Organizations: Connecticut Governor's Council on Climate Change (GC3)
Resource Category: Planning
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December 23, 2020
In December 2020, the Mayor of Honolulu signed Ordinance 20-47 (Ordinance), which formally codifies the responsibilities of the previously-established City of Honolulu Office of Resilience (Resilience Office), which include coordinating a coastal and water program, a climate resilience and equity program, and a food sustainability program. The Ordinance is meant to address climate change concerns by building on previous ordinances, and implements a ‘one water’ policy for the city.
Related Organizations: City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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