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Creating a National Adaptation Strategy for the United States: The Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force

December 17, 2010

The U.S. Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force was established in 2009 by President Barack Obama to help federal agencies coordinate and collaborate on a national adaptation strategy. The Task Force was replaced by the Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience in November 2013. This process represented the first steps towards a coordinated strategy for federal adaptation action on climate change and led to the creation of several federal adaptation implementation plans. The Obama Administration’s executive orders directing federal climate adaptation action were revoked in March 2017 by Executive Order (EO) 13783, Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth, which was in turn replaced by the January 2021 Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad.

 

Related Organizations: White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Author or Affiliated User: Rachel Gregg

Resource Category: Planning

 

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Maryland Next Generation Adaptation Plan (NextGen)

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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North Carolina 2020 Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan

June 2, 2020

The North Carolina Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Plan is the state’s first climate change adaptation plan. It includes the results of vulnerability assessments within 11 critical sectors, climate justice concerns and strategies, and recommendations for nature-based solutions to enhance ecosystem resiliency and sequester carbon in the state’s natural and working lands. North Carolina Governor Cooper’s 2018 Executive Order 80 directed state agencies to integrate climate adaptation and resiliency planning into their policies, programs, and operations; and mandated that the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) lead the development of this climate risk assessment and resiliency plan for the state.

Related Organizations: State of North Carolina, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

Resource Category: Planning

 

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Safeguarding Our Lands, Waters, and Communities: Washington Department of Natural Resources’s Plan for Climate Resilience

February 2020

This 2020 publication from Washington State’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) outlines the ways in which climate resilience can aid the State, and how the department aims to advance climate resilience. Topics discussed include DNR’s current roles, goals for implementation, equity and tribal considerations, and the challenges and opportunities within various resource-specific sectors. DNR aims to advance climate resilience through management of the lands and water they oversee, internal changes within their own agencies and programs, and coordinating with partner organizations. 

Related Organizations: Washington State Department of Natural Resources

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Samish Indian Nation Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

June 2019

The Samish Indian Nation have lived along the Salish Sea of Washington State “since time immemorial,” and are experiencing the impacts of climate change on their ancestral lands,  waters, communities, wildlife, culture, and way of life. The Samish Indian Nation Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment was developed to provide the tribe with an understanding of how climate change will impact important resources, and to highlight areas that need further research and adaptation planning. It was prepared through collaboration of the Samish Indian Nation staff and Tribal community members led by the Samish Climate Change Working Group.

Related Organizations: Samish Indian Nation

Resource Category: Assessments

 

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Managing Risks to Conservation Investments Through Climate Adaptation

April 25, 2019

The Wildlife Conservation Society partnered with the Climate Resilience Fund to offer this guidance for investors funding conservation projects - such as private foundations, public agencies and local governments - on how to consider climate change risks inherent in their investments. Climate change is causing dramatic and unpredictable effects on ecosystems and natural resources - creating uncertainties for conservation funding decision making and the future outcome of investments. This guidance for conservation investors supports intentionality in anticipating and assessing climate change risks, which in turn safeguards these investments to advance conservation goals.

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4th National Climate Assessment, Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States

November 23, 2018

On November 23, 2018, the U. S. Global Change Research Program released Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) entitled Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States. NCA4 includes sixteen chapters focusing on national topics and specific sectors, nine chapters focusing on different regions of the country, and two chapters focusing on both mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation responses to climate change. NCA4 concludes that: “ [o]bservations collected around the world provide significant, clear, and compelling evidence that global average temperature is much higher, and is rising more rapidly, than anything modern civilization has experienced, with widespread and growing impacts.

Related Organizations: U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)

Resource Category: Assessments

 

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Massachusetts H 4835 - An Act Promoting Climate Change Adaptation, Environmental and Natural Resource Protection and Investment in Recreational Assets and Opportunity

August 21, 2018

Massachusetts Governor Baker has authorized over $2. 4 billion in capital allocations for investments in adaptation to climate change, protecting environmental resources and green space across the state.  H 4835 enables critical financing for the state and local level environmental and community resilience. The legislation expands and codifies commitments of Executive Order 569 to ensure climate change adaptation and resiliency continue to be prioritized, state agency climate change vulnerability assessments are ongoing, and the State Integrated Hazard Mitigation Plan and Climate Adaptation Plan are continuously updated and implemented.

Related Organizations: State of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game, Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Water Supply Protection, Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)

Resource Category: Law and Governance

 

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Indicators of Climate Change in California, 3rd edition

May 9, 2018

Form the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), this report presents 36 indicators tracking trends in climate change and climate impacts on California's environment and people. This third edition report updates the 2009 and 2013 versions.  The report is a resource intended for decision-makers, scientists, educators, and the public - and brings scientific analysis to inform climate mitigation and adaptation decision-making.

Related Organizations: California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)

Resource Category: Assessments

 

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Blackfeet Climate Change Adaptation Plan

April 2018

The Blackfeet or Amskapi Pikuni Nation integrated their tribal government priorities, traditional values and ecological knowledge, climate change impact science, and a collective vision of the future to build this climate change adaptation plan. The plan is oriented around eight focal tribal resource management sectors of: Agriculture, Culture, Forestry, Fish, Wildlife, Land and Range, Water, and Human Health in northern Montana. Projected climate impacts were analyzed with experts within the Blackfeet Nation for each sector to create climate adaptation goals, strategies, and actions.

Related Organizations: Blackfeet Nation, Center for Large Landscape Conservation

Resource Category: Planning

 

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