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Climate Ready Communities Practical Guide to Developing Climate Resilience

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Assessment

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Conservation / Restoration

Land Use Planning

Research

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The Pacific Northwest (PNW) region is characterized by wet, mild winters and warm, dry summers. It lies within a climate gradient in which the southern end of the region experiences the greatest seasonal variation (i.e. coldest/wettest winters and hottest/driest summers). It is divided by the Cascade Mountain Range that runs north-south from Washington to Oregon.

Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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Biodiversity

Conservation / Restoration

Land Use Planning

Wildlife

Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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Biodiversity

Conservation / Restoration

Fisheries

Forestry

Research

Water Resources

Wildlife

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Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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Biodiversity

Conservation / Restoration

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Transportation / Infrastructure

Wasatch Range Watershed (photo: Brendan Waterman, Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest) [Screenshot from report]

Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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Conservation / Restoration

Water Resources

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Assessment

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Agriculture

Culture/communities

Energy

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

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Assessment

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Climate change has increased the vulnerability of cultural resources in coastal locations at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve and Cape Krusenstern National Monument along the northwestern Alaska coast. The Alaska Regional Office is developing and testing a GIS model that is intended to predict locations and vulnerability of these cultural resources.

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Assessment

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Education / Outreach

Land Use Planning

Tourism / Recreation

Transportation / Infrastructure

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Sea level rise and coastal flooding threaten small businesses and the tourism industry in Beaufort and Port Royal, South Carolina. In 2014, Beaufort’s mayor and the president of the South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce formed a Sea Level Rise Task Force to examine vulnerable sites in the area and recommend adaptation strategies.

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Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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Development (socioeconomic)

Policy

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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) is engaged in both climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. The ClimAID project assessed both climate change impacts and adaptation options for the state.

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Assessment

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Transportation / Infrastructure

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The Resilient Quincy pilot project resulted in the creation of a municipal-wide vulnerability assessment focused on coastal neighborhoods subject to sea level rise. The project included the first-time use of the Boston Harbor Flood Risk Model in a municipal setting.

Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

Sector Addressed:

Biodiversity

Conservation / Restoration

Culture/communities

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Land Use Planning

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Wildlife

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Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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In 2010, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) selected five pilot teams from across the country to test a climate change vulnerability assessment model.

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Assessment

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The Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada project, a joint effort between EcoAdapt and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), assessed the vulnerability of Sierra Nevada resources to both climate and non-climate stressors and developed adaptation strategies designed to reduce resource vulnerability and/or enhance resource resilience.

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Assessment

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The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recognizes that the presence of natural features such as marshes and coastal forests can reduce the impact of inundation and erosion on the state’s coastal communities. These habitats dampen waves, stabilize sediment, and absorb water, thereby providing residents with more time to select and implement other adaptation strategies.

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Assessment

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The Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities (GLAA-C) project aims to advance climate change adaptation in the region.

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Assessment

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Research

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The Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework covers 42 million acres of southern Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana within Ecological Province 223 (Central Interior Broadleaf Forest) of the National Hierarchical Framework of Ecological Units.

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Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

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Research

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The Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA) is a collaborative effort aimed at assessing the climate change indicators, impacts, and adaptive capacity of the Hawaiian archipelago and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI).

Climate Ready Communities Practical Guide to Developing Climate Resilience

Using a Riparian Corridor Index to Prioritize Climate Migration Routes in the Pacific Northwest

Conserving California’s Coastal Habitats: A Legacy and a Future with Sea Level Rise

A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Resources of Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Aquatic Resources in the Tongass National Forest

The Implications of Global Climate Change for Mountain Gorilla Conservation in the Albertine Rift

Literature Review: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Assessment, and Adaptation Approaches

Assessment of Watershed Vulnerability to Climate Change for the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache and Ashley National Forests, Utah

Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States

Cultural Resources Inventory and Vulnerability Assessment at the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska and Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska

A Community Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment in Beaufort and Port Royal, South Carolina

ClimAID: Developing a Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Assessment for New York State

Resilient Quincy

Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options

Hampton Roads, Virginia - U.S. FHWA Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Pilot Project

Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada

Maryland Coastal Resiliency Assessment

Great Lakes Adaptation Assessment for Cities

Central Hardwoods Climate Change Response Framework

Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA)

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