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White House – Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Report: White House Council on Environmental
Quality (CEQ).
Progress Report of
the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force: Recommended Actions in Support of a National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (October 2010) - a
progress report on federal agency actions in support of the national adaptation strategy and recommendations.
Guidance memo: NEPA and climate change guidance: CEQ is leading the
development of guidance to agencies for incorporating climate change
considerations into National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
implementation.
Website: US Global Change Research Program (US GCRP)
Report:
Global Climate Change Impacts in the US (2009)
Reports: USGCRP Scientific assessments
Website: National Ocean Council
Guidance: Federal Agency Climate Change Adaptation Planning (March 2011)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
climate page - U.S. Department of Commerce
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration is one of the leading agencies studying and modeling
the physical climate system, as well as researching and managing
coastal and marine resources.
NOAA Regional Climate Science Collaborations:
Six Regional Integrated Science and Assessment (RISA) teams will
work closely with natural resource managers and land planners,
nongovernmental organizations and the private sector within each
region of the U.S. to advance new research on how climate
variability and change will impact the environment, economy, and
society, and develop innovative ways to integrate climate
information into decision-making.
For more information, also see:
Information and data resource:
National Climate Service
- NOAA has proposed starting a National Climate Service to provide
accessible climate change information to decision-makers and the
public.
- Website:
NOAA Climate Service Education page
- Website: The NOAA
Coastal Service Center will likely play a key role in
helping coastal communities assess their vulnerability to coastal
impacts and begin steps to prioritize and implement adaptation
strategies.
- Website: The
NOAA CSC Digital Coast provides the tools, training, and
information needed to turn data into the information most needed by
coastal resource management professionals.
Report: NOAA Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management.
Adapting to Climate
Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers (2010)
Website:
Coastal Climate Adaptation resource page
Website:
NOAA Arctic Report
Card
Data and Map Tool:
State of
the Climate National Overview – National Climatic Data Center
Website:
NOAA’s CAPRI project is conducting pilot climate impact
assessments in four parts of the Puget Sound region of Washington
State (Commencement Bay, Lower Duwamish River, Nisqually
Estuary/Olympia, and Snohomish Estuary).
Department of Defense (DOD)
Factsheet:
DoD’s Response to Climate Change (2010)
Video:
How DoD is Responding to Climate Change
Factsheet:
DoD Risk Assessment for Coastal Installations –
Department of Defense Legacy Program, Project # 08-410 (2009)
Plan:
US Navy Climate Change Roadmap
Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) – Responses to climate change page
Guidance document:
USACE sea level rise guidance (2009)
Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
Tools and resources:
National Institute of Health Climate Change and Human Health website
Report:
A
Human Health Perspective On Climate Change (2010) by the
Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Health (IWGCCH)
including DHHS – National Institute of Environmental Health, CDC,
EPA, and NOAA.
Webinar series: Centers for Disease Control
Climate Change and Public Health webinar series (2009-2010)
Website: Centers for Disease Control
Climate Change and Public Health website
Department of Interior (DOI)
- climate change website
Website:
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives - LCCs are
management-science partnerships that inform integrated resource
management actions addressing climate change and other stressors
within and across landscapes and habitats. In Washington, there are
two LCCs: the North Pacific (covering Western Washington and Puget
Sound) and the Great Northern (covering Eastern Washington starting
at the Cascade Range).
Website:
DOI Climate Science Centers - In September 2010, the US
Department of the Interior announced that a partnership between OSU
and UW will be the hosts of its Northwest Climate Science Center,
one of 8 such centers being established across the nation.
Bureau of Reclamation - climate change website
Report: Climate Change Summary Report - recaps three technical reports that focus on how climate change could impact hydrology and water supplies in the Columbia River Basin and how supply-related impacts may affect how the federal dams are operated in the future. (September 2011)
Report: Secure Water Act Section 9503(c) – Reclamation Climate Change and Water (April 2011)
Factsheet: Columbia River Basin Fact Sheet (April 2011)
Report: Bureau of Reclamation and USACE’s
Addressing Climate Change in Long-Term Water Resources Planning and
Management: User Needs
for Improving Tools and Information (2011)
Report:
Literature Synthesis on Climate Change Implications for
Reclamation’s Water Resources (2010)
National Park Service (NPS) – climate change response program website
Plan:
Climate Change Response Strategy
(2010):
Website:
NPS Adaptation and Scenario Planning project
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) – conservation in a changing climate website
Website: National Fish, Wildlife & Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
Factsheet: Climate Adaptation Strategy Factsheet: Shared solutions to protect shared values
Adaptation Plan: US Fish & Wildlife Service.
Rising to the Urgent Challenge: Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating
Climate Change (2010)
US Geological Service (USGS) - Office of Global Change
Website:
National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center
Tool:
National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) – climate change website
Website:
Climate Ready Estuaries - The Climate Ready Estuaries
program works with the National Estuary Programs and other coastal
managers to: assess climate change vulnerabilities, develop and
implement adaptation strategies, engage and educate stakeholders,
and share the lessons learned with other coastal managers.
Website:
Climate Ready Water Utilities - EPA's Climate Ready Water
Utilities (CRWU) program provides resources for the water sector to
develop and implement long-range plans that account for climate
change impacts.
Tool:
Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Toolbox: The Climate
Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) Toolbox provides access to resources
containing climate-related information relevant to the Water Sector.
Website:
Global Change Impacts and Adaptation Program
Website:
Water Resources Adaptation Program (WRAP)
Website:
Climate Change Adaptation – Health and Environmental Effects
Guidance:
Excessive Events Guidebook by CDC, EPA, FEMA, and NOAA
(2006)
Report:
Climate Change Indicators in the U.S. (2010)
Department of Agriculture (USDA) – climate change website
Plan: USDA
Climate Change Science Plan (2010)
Forest Service (USFS) – climate change resource center
Website: Forest Service climate change page
Plan:
National Roadmap for Responding to Climate Change (2010)
Report:
Forest Service Global Change Research Strategy, 2009-2019
(2009)
Plan:
Climate Change Strategic Framework, version 1 (2008)
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Report:
Climate Change Adaptation: Information on Selected Federal Efforts
to Adapt To a Changing Climate (2009)
Department of Transportation – climate change clearinghouse
Website:
DOT Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse -
formerly the DOT Center for Climate Change and Environmental
Forecasting
Website:
Federal Highways Administration Climate webpage
Report:
Integrating Climate Change into the Transportation Planning Process
(2008)
Pilot projects:
Assessing Vulnerability and Risk of Climate Change Effects on Transportation Infrastructure (2010-2011)
