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Cost-Efficient Climate Change Adaptation in the North Atlantic

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Adaptation Phase:

Assessment

Sector Addressed:

Development (socioeconomic)

Policy

Summary:

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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Adaptation Phase:

Awareness

Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Education / Outreach

Summary:

With the demise of the North Atlantic groundfish stocks, the lobster industry has become the most important fishery in New England with Maine’s lobster fishery one of the most successful in the United States. Since 1985, income from lobsters in Maine has steadily increased by nearly 400%.

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Sector Addressed:

Development (socioeconomic)

Disaster Risk Management

Education / Outreach

Land Use Planning

Public Health

Transportation / Infrastructure

Summary:

Preparing for the Changing Climate: a Northeast-Focused Needs Assessment is the first region-wide snapshot from regional, state, and local scales on how communities are preparing for a changing climate, and what resources and assistance they need to succeed.

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Sector Addressed:

Disaster Risk Management

Energy

Fisheries

Rural / Indigenous Livelihoods

Summary:

The Northeast Shelf marine ecosystem has experienced substantial changes on seasonal, interannual, and decadal time scales. The abundance, distribution, and biological characteristics of marine fish and invertebrates have been affected by both the direct physical changes as well as by changes in lower trophic levels of the ecosystem.

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Sector Addressed:

Aquaculture

Education / Outreach

Fisheries

Summary:

Climatic and non-climatic factors are affecting fisheries in the Gulf of Maine. Unfortunately, many fishermen currently rely on a single-species fishery – the American lobster – and do not have the ability to switch from one fishery to another due to allocations and limited permits.

Sector Addressed:

Agriculture

Climate Justice

Conservation / Restoration

Energy

Public Health

Transportation / Infrastructure

Water Resources

Sector Addressed:

Disaster Risk Management

Policy

Transportation / Infrastructure

Sector Addressed:

Culture/communities

Disaster Risk Management

Economics

Energy

Policy

Transportation / Infrastructure

Cost-Efficient Climate Change Adaptation in the North Atlantic

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

Promoting Climate Awareness and Adaptive Planning in Three Atlantic Fisheries Communities Using the VCAPS Process and System Dynamics Model - Maine Lobster Fishery

Preparing for the Changing Climate: a Northeast-Focused Needs Assessment

Environmental Influences on Spatial Patterns of Commercial Fishing in New England

Aquaculture in Shared Waters

Responding to Climate Change in New York State

Ready for Tomorrow: The City of Salem Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment & Adaptation Plan

MTA Adaptations to Climate Change A Categorical Imperative

The Garden State in the Greenhouse: Climate Change Mitigation and Coastal Adaptation Strategies for New Jersey

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