RV 2014: Tangible Changes to Address a Changing Climate by Christopher Forinash
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Transcript of RV 2014: Tangible Changes to Address a Changing Climate by Christopher Forinash
ISC mission and reach
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Currently, we have 10 offices worldwide and a staff of 85.
Help communities around the world address environmental, economic, and social challenges to build a better future shaped and shared by all.
Our approach to capacity-building
Peer-learning & training
workshops
On-going support/direct engagement
Efficient access to high-caliber
information
Cities as solutions
~ 380 Teams~ 500 Communities~ 2,150 Practitioners
LegendClimate Leadership Academy
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Regional Programs
Metro-scale Programs
Upcoming workshop
- Metro-Boston- New England
- National Capital Region- The Twin Cities- Sierra Nevada
- Puget Sound Regional Council- P2R2 Northeast Florida
- Southeast Florida Regional Climate Change Compact
- Sacramento Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative- The Bay Area Climate & Energy
Resilience Project- Los Angeles Regional
Collaborative for Climate Action & Sustainability
- San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative
Think Resiliently, Act RegionallyOctober 14-16 in Alexandria, Virginiaactregionally.splashthat.com
Asking the climate question
How might changing climate affect …?
– Ask at all levels: system, networks, facilities, and services
– Ask in planning, design, construction, and operation
Kate asked: What are your risks?Responses? Challenges?
What is adaptation?
Fundamentally a risk management strategy– Likelihood of climate impacts
– Severity of potential consequences
Identify assets, vulnerabilities, potential responses
Evaluate feasibility, effectiveness, cost
Incorporate into decision-making
What range of responses?
Main adaptation responses– Protection: defensive measures
– Accommodation: change designs
– Managed retreat: removal, relocation
– Avoid: prevention
Start here: vulnerability assessment– Identify areas, populations, systems for focus
– Use best climate data
Southeast Florida
• Climate Compact– Four counties (2+2), 5.9 million people, signed in 2010– Common scenarios and vulnerability assessments
• Regional climate action plan in 2012– 110 recommended actions in 7 areas– Many on transportation (including mitigation)– Adaptation Action Areas
• FHWA vulnerability assessment pilot
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Adaptation Action Areas
• Change to Florida Community Planning Act
• Optional comprehensive plan designation for areas that:– experience coastal flooding
– are vulnerable to the related impacts of rising sea levels
• Purpose: prioritizing funding for infrastructure and adaptation planning
Resilient Vermont recommendations
Know our risks: Conduct a statewide Transportation Vulnerability Assessment that produces a statewide data set and map that shows areas of highest relative vulnerability and is used to guide prioritization of investment
Align rules and investments for strong communities:– Designate pilot adaptation areas and direct
investments there– Provide guidance and incentives to adapt
transportation infrastructure
Gulf Coast assessment
• Advanced effort that produced key findings as well as tools and methods
• Vulnerability assessment of coast from Galveston to Mobile
• Mobile region– Detailed asset mapping, vulnerability assessment, risk
analysis– Excellent new tools– See Rob Hyman presentation from September 2014
Other resources and tools
FTA adaptation workshops and pilots in 2011-12 –fta.dot.gov/12347_14013.html
NOAA digital coast – csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast
DOT – climate.dot.gov
Georgetown Climate Center – georgetownclimate.org
American Society of Adaptation Professionals
Connecting and supporting the people who are building climate resilience.
– Build on Promising Practices
– Share Information
– Network & Connect
600+ Members Nationally– 35% Government (Local, State, Federal, Tribal)
– 30% Non-Profit
– 20% Academic
– 15% Private Sector