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- Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
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2011
This report from the National Wildlife Federation is designed to assist fish and wildlife managers and other conservation and resource professionals to better plan, execute, and interpret vulnerability assessments in support of wildlife conservation and ecosystem-based...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
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Founded on an agreement among major conservation interests (e.g. local governments, states, tribes, conservation organizations, federal agencies, and private landowners), the National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy is an integrated, coordinated, and...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - Washington State Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy
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December 2011 (est.)
In 2009, the Washington State Legislature approved the State Agency Climate Leadership Act SB 5560, which included provisions in sections 10 through 13 for the formation of an “integrated climate change response strategy” to “better enable state and local...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - Oahu MPO Transportation Asset Climate Change Risk Assessment
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The Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OahuMPO) was selected by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) as one of five pilots nationwide to perform and evaluate a risk assessment of climate change on important transportation assets.
Prior to formalizing...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - Adaptation Case Studies in the Western United States
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This report contains two case studies from the Western United States that explore water shortages in the West, water rights along the Colorado River, and the protection of an endangered ground-dwelling bird: the greater sage grouse. In doing so, the report also...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - Adaptation Tool Kit: Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Land Use
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October 31, 2011
The Adaptation Tool Kit explores 18 different land-use tools that can be used to preemptively respond to the threats posed by sea-level rise to both public and private coastal development and infrastructure, and strives to assist governments in determining which tools to...
» Resource Type: - House Amendment 148
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Prevents funding of a NOAA Climate Service as described in the ``Draft NOAA Climate Service Strategic Vision and Framework''
- Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Nation - Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
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In October 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514, Federal Leadership in Environmental and Energy Performance, which sets sustainability goals for Federal agencies and focuses on making improvements in agency environmental, energy, and economic performance. The...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - National Action Plan - Priorities for Managing Freshwater Resources in a Changing Climate
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In October 2010, the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force published a Progress Report to the President describing Federal agency actions needed to better prepare the Nation to respond to the impacts of a changing climate. The Progress Report directed the Task...
» Sectors:» Resource Type: - Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report
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On September 27, 2011, Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Richard K. Sullivan Jr. filed the Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report with the state's Legislature. The report provides a comprehensive overview of observed and...
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