Forestry Resources
This tab includes resources that focus on potential impacts of climate change on forests and the forestry sector.
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January 1, 2009
Albuquerque, New Mexico is engaging partners in the community, private sector, and technical centers to inform opportunities for making the city more resilient and efficient. The report describes the city's priority hazards and its vulnerability to a variety of natural disasters and other emergency situations, while the two primary issues discussed are water and wildfires. This report outlines how the city's governance structure is handling these programs and climate related impacts.
Related Organizations: The World Bank, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery
Resource Category: Solutions
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July 2008
On April 20, 2007 Governor Martin O'Malley signed Executive Order 01.01.2007.07, establishing the Maryland Commission on Climate Change. The Commission created four Adaptation and Response Working Groups to develop the adaptation portions of the state's Climate Action Plan. With a focus on sea-level rise and coastal storms, the four groups were: Existing and Future Built Environment and Infrastructure; Financial and Economic; Human Health, Safety and Welfare; and Natural Resources.
Related Organizations: Maryland Commission on Climate Change , Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Department of the Environment, Maryland Department of Planning
Resource Category: Planning
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2011
This report from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) provides an assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation strategies in Wisconsin. This assessment is written for Wisconsin policy-makers, managers, and decision makers in governmental bodies at all levels, including the state, counties, cities and municipalities. The intended audience also includes any person or organizations with a business, property or place already affected or likely affected by a changing climate.
Related Organizations: Nelson Institute of Environmental Studies, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI)
Resource Category: Planning
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March 13, 2014
The 2013 Interagency Working Group on the Social Cost of Carbon (IWG) updated the U. S. social cost of carbon (SCC) for 2015 from a central value of $24 to $37. SCC is an estimate of the economic damages associated with a small increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, conventionally one metric ton, in a given year. The SCC is meant to be a comprehensive estimate of climate change damages and includes, but is not limited to, changes in net agricultural productivity, human health, and property damages from increased flood risk.
Related Organizations: Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) , Institute for Policy Integrity, NYU School of Law, Environmental Defense Fund
Resource Category: Assessments
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June 2014
The Vermont Climate Assessment (VCA) is the nation's first comprehensive state-level assessment of climate impacts modeled after the National Climate Assessment (NCA). The VCA mirrors the NCA structure but is tailored to the sectors most applicable to Vermont. The VCA presents state-level efforts to downscale global climate models, combining them with local knowledge and data. The assessment presents climate impacts across many sectors, as well as localized, community level vulnerabilities.
Related Organizations: University of Vermont
Resource Category: Assessments
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September 2014
This report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) and the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization documents the latest evidence on how climate change is already disrupting the forests of the Rocky Mountain region and what scientists project for the decades ahead - and suggests how to best address these challenges.
Related Organizations: Rocky Mountain Climate Organization , Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)
Resource Category: Assessments
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July 31, 2014
The California Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with other state agencies, updated the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy in 2014 and again in 2018. The 2014 Safeguarding California Plan augments previously identified strategies in light of advances in climate science and risk management options.
Related Organizations: California Natural Resources Agency
Resource Category: Planning
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September 16, 2014
This report focuses on identifying the potential magnitude of wildfire damages from climate change, and provides the first estimate of the future economic costs of wildfires that will be magnified by climate change.
Related Organizations: Institute for Policy Integrity, NYU School of Law, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Author or Affiliated User: Peter Howard
Resource Category: Assessments
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September 16, 2014
This study from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate finds that governments and businesses can reduce their carbon emissions and improve economic growth. ‘Better Growth, Better Climate’ describes how rapid technological innovation and new investment in infrastructure are making it possible to mitigate climate change while improving economic performance.
Resource Category: Solutions
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May 6, 2014
The U. S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) has a legal mandate to conduct a National Climate Assessment (NCA) every four years, the third and most recent of which was released in May 2014. Summarizing current and future climate change impacts across the nation, the NCA is the most comprehensive assessment of climate change impacts ever conducted in the U. S. The new report is presented on a highly interactive website, with a stunning visual presentation, intended to fully engage the general public along with decision-makers.
Related Organizations: U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
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