2. Policy
The development and implementation of policies related to climate change is critical to adaptation efforts. Climate change will have multilateral, transboundary effects; it will not be confined by political or social boundaries and will therefore require coordinated policy and planning efforts. Developing adaptation plans, creating new or enhancing existing policies, and developing adaptive management strategies are all mechanisms to support adaptation action.
Strategies
Case Studies by Strategy
- A Roadmap for Action: The Chicago Climate Action Plan
- Adapting to Climate Change in Ontario Parks
- ClimAID: Developing a Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessment for New York State
- Climate Change Adaptation Planning at the State Level in Minnesota
- Climate Change Adaptation Planning at the State Level in Pennsylvania
- Developing a Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Forest and Water Resources in Alger County, Michigan
- Developing Ontario’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan
- Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities
- London, Ontario’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
- New York’s Climate Smart Communities Program
- Planning for Climate Change in the Province of Quebec
- Quebec City’s Environmental Services Adaptation Plan
- The Chicago Wilderness Climate Action Plan for Nature
- The City of Toronto’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: From Development to Implementation
- The Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources’ Climate Adaptation Initiatives
- Weather – Extreme Trends (WET): The Minnehaha Creek Watershed Stormwater Adaptation Study
- Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts: A Bottom-Up Approach to Developing Climate Change Adaptation Strategies
- A Roadmap for Action: The Chicago Climate Action Plan
- Addressing Climate Change Impacts in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
- Addressing Climate Change in the International Upper Great Lakes Study
- Building Capacity for Climate-Resilient Communities and Water Conservation in the Huron River Watershed
- Climate Adaptation in the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Climate Change Adaptation Planning at the State Level in Minnesota
- Climate Change Adaptation Planning at the State Level in Pennsylvania
- Climate Change, the Great Lakes, and Mining
- Creating a National Adaptation Strategy for the United States: The Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
- Developing a National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy for the United States
- Developing Ontario’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan
- Incorporating Climate Change into TMDL Decisions for Lake Champlain
- Integrating Climate Change into the Planning and Operations of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Wisconsin
- Investigating the Impact of Climate Change on Combined and Separate Sewer Overflows in Milwaukee Watersheds
- Planning for Climate Change in the Province of Quebec
- Project Clean Lake: Updating Cleveland’s Sewer Systems to Reduce Stormwater Overflows
- The Chicago Wilderness Climate Action Plan for Nature