Clearinghouse: Impacts, Preparation, Adaptation Resources

Washington State Department of Ecology

FACING CLIMATE CHANGE

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Washington State / Pacific Northwest

Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Washington State, Climate Impacts Group (CIG), University of Washington, June 2009

Executive Summary (pdf), Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Full report, Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Summary of Projected Changes in Major Drivers of Pacific Northwest Climate Change Impacts, Climate Impacts Group (pdf, March 2012)

Washington State Preparation and Adaptation Work Group Recommendations, 2007-2008 (PAWGs)

Summary of Key PAWG Recommendations (source: 2008 Climate Change Interim Report)
Additional Information:
Detailed Impacts Related to Human Health (pdf)

Exotic Plants Established in Washington State Since 1985 (pdf)

PAWG References (pdf)

2007 Draft Reports from the five PAWGs (pdf)

Agriculture

U.S. Department of Agriculture Grant to Study Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural and Forest Production (2/18/11 news release)

Assessment of climate change impact on eastern Washington agriculture (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Economy

Additional Analysis of the Potential Economic Costs to the State of Washington of a Business as-Usual Approach to Climate Change: Lost Snowpack Water Storage and Bark Beetle Impacts, 2010

An Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Washington of a Business-As-Usual Approach to Climate Change, 2009

Impacts of Climate Change on Washington’s Economy, 2006

Forests

Forest ecosystems, disturbance, and climatic change in Washington State (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Habitats/Biodiversity

Project Summary: Assessing the Vulnerability of Species and Ecosystems to Projected Future Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest, USGS
Washington Habitat Connectivity Working Group
Crucial habitat and climate change (pdf) - a Western Governors' (WGA) Wildlife Council pilot project for the Columbia Plateau
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in Washington State, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW):

Freshwater Aquatic and Riparian Habitats
Shrub-Steppe and Grassland Habitats
Forest, Alpine, and Western Prairie Habitats
Marine and Coastal Habitats (pdf)

The Nature Conservancy, Climate Change and Conservation - A Primer for Assessing Impacts and Advancing Ecosystem-based Adaptation in The Nature Conservancy

The State of the Birds: Report on Climate Change

Setting the Stage: Ideas for Safeguarding Washington's Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate Change - A National Wildlife Federation (NWF) report compiled from a recent workshop co-sponsored by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife entitled “Assessing Climate Impacts on Washington’s Fish and Wildlife.” The document highlights threats that climate change poses to the state’s natural systems and the people and wildlife that depend on them. Other workshop sponsors include the state’s Biodiversity Council, the Washington Wildlife Federation, Teaming with Wildlife, and the Wildlife Conservation Society, 2009

Pacific Regional Center, Seattle - National Wildlife Federation

Freshwater Salmon Habitat (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Human Health

Public health impacts of climate change in Washington State: projected mortality risks due to heat events and air pollution (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Infrastructure

Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure Assessment (pdf) - WSDOT Pilot project helps gauge climate risks to infrastructure. February 2011.

Precipitation extremes and the impacts of climate change on stormwater infrastructure in Washington State (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Shorelands

Addressing Sea Level Rise in Shoreline Master Programs (pdf)

Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Waters of Washington (pdf) - State Joint Ecology/UW CIG Report

West Coast Governor’s Agreement on Ocean Health

Planning for Climate Change - Ecology’s Coastal Training Program

Mitigating Shoreline Erosion along Sheltered Coasts (pdf) - Report Summary, National Academy of Sciences (2006)

Impacts of Climate Change on the Coasts of the Washington (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Water Resources/Quality & Snowpack

Hydrologic Climate Change Scenarios for the Pacific Northwest Columbia River Basin and Coastal Drainages (Climate Impacts Group)

Anticipating Impacts in the Columbia River Basin - Ecology’s Office of the Columbia River

Implications for Hydrology (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Puget Sound water supply (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Yakima Basin water supply (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Ocean Acidification

Science Resources:

The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, shows negative correlation to naturally elevated carbon dioxide levels: Implications for near-term ocean acidification effects, Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc., January 2012

Oyster Shell Dissolution Rates in Estuarine Waters: Effects of pH and Shell Legacy, National Shellfisheries Association, December 2011 Ocean Acidification Symposium, Washington Sea Grant, November 2011.

Journal article: Mitigating Local Causes of Ocean Acidification with Existing Laws, Science, May 2011.

Integrated Reporting and Listing Decisions Related to Ocean Acidification (pdf) – Memo from EPA to help States address ocean acidification impacts under the Clean Water Act, November 2010.

Journal article: The combined effects of ocean acidification, mixing, and respiration on pH and carbonate saturation in an urbanized estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2010.

Frequently Asked Questions on Ocean Acidification, U.S. Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemisty program and European Project on Ocean Acidification, March 2010.

Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratories ocean acidification (NOAA website)

Special Issue on the Future of Ocean Biogeochemistry in a High-CO2 World, Oceanography magazine, December 2009.

IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007. Section 10.4.2 Ocean Acidification Due to Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Working Group I: The Physical Science Basis, 2007.

General Reports:

Sea Change by Eric Scigliano, www.seattlemet.com, March 2012.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ocean Acidification, Department of Ecology, January 2012.

Ten Ways States Can Combat Ocean Acidification (and Why They Should), Ryan P. Kelly, Stanford University, 2012

Trouble on the Half Shell, Jennifer Langston, Sightline, June 2011.

Ocean Acidification: The Untold Stories, Ellycia Harrould-Kolieb, Matthew Huelsenbeck and Virginia Selz, www.oceana.org, November 2010.

Ocean Acidification (pdf), Congressional Research Service, July 2009

Ocean Tipping Point? (video), Now on PBS program, July 2009

Sea Change (video), Now on PBS program, January 2009

Mussels lose out as carbon dioxide changes ocean, www.npr.org, November 2008.

Adaptation/Preparation Planning Resources

Responding to climate change in national forests: a guidebook for developing adaptation options (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, 2011)

Climate Change Handbook for Regional Watershed Planning - Developed cooperatively by the U.S.EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, California Department of Water Resources, and the Resources Legacy Fund, November 2011.

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) - includes a large database of adaptation case studies, reports, and tools, as well as links to federal, state, and local adaptation plans.

Climate Change: Mastering the Public Health Role (pdf) – A practical guidebook (American Public Health Association, April 2011)

Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change – focuses on what coastal resource managers around the country are already doing to address the impacts of climate change. (NOAA Coastal Services Center, Feb. 2009)

Volume 1 (pdf)

Volume 2 (pdf)

Ready for Change: Preparing Public Health Agencies for the Impacts of Climate Change (pdf) - A Climate Masters Guide for the Public Health Sector, May 2010

Climate Resilient Communities Program - helps communities through the process of assessing vulnerabilities, setting goals for resilience, and developing adaptation strategies that integrate with existing hazard and comprehensive planning efforts.

Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments - King County/ICLEI/CIG Guidebook, September 2007

Adaptation Strategies (pdf) - Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Climate Impacts Group (CIG)

Washington Local Governments

City of Olympia

King County

Washington Tribes

Tribes and Climate Change, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University

Swinomish Tribe

Swinomish climate change initiative - a Proclamation directing action to respond to climate change challenges

Guide for Tribal Leaders on U.S. Climate Change Programs - This guide summarizes key U.S. government programs addressing climate change, opportunities for tribal engagement and contacts for each agency.

Western U.S.

Western Governor’s Association Climate Adaptation Scoping Report, June 2010

California

California Climate Adaptation Strategy, Dec. 2009

Indicators of Climate Change in California - California climate change impacts report, CA EPA & Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, April 2009

Federal Resources - Federal climate adaptation programs, web resources, guidance, & tools

National/Global

European Science Foundation

Impacts of Ocean Acidification – Science Policy Briefing, August 2009

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

IPCC Assessment Report 4, 2007

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)

Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation – Water Sector - describes adaptation strategies in the categories of water conservation; storm water control and capture; resilience to water quality degradation; preparation for extreme weather events; diversification of water supply; and mitigation.

Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 - Summarizes recent science developments since the release of the 2007 IPCC fourth assessment, September 2009