Coastal Resilience Planning
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New England communities continue to lead the nation in developing coastal and climate adaptation plans. This project strives to provide strategies for sharing ideas, strengthening relationships ("networks-to-networks" and "bridges-to-bridges"), and bringing these plans into action.
Organizations:
Following are some organizations in New Hampshire and Maine preparing for coastal change.
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Where is your organization along the journey of coastal adaptation?
(click arrows for more)One goal of this project is to link climate change and coastal planning networks across northern New England. The aim is to share successful examples of adaptation strategies, especially those that provide additional socio-ecological benefits, as well as to provide guidance for navigating the growing trove of information, toolkits, trainings, and organizations dedicated to climate and coastal adaptation response. We also hope to link scientific research and education initiatives with coastal adaptation planning.
Risk Assessment, Adaptation Plans, and Action
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New Hampshire Coastal Flood Risk Summary Part 1: Science - Wake et al., 2019New Hampshire Coastal Flood Risk Summary, Part II: Guidance for Using Scientific Projections - 2020New Hampshire Coastal Risks and Hazards Commission Report - 2016Maine
Maine Won't Wait: A Four Year Plan for Climate Action
Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Planning for New EnglandCommunities: First Steps and Next Steps - Colgan, Kartez, & Sheilds, 2016Portland, MECasco U.S. DHS Casco Bay Region Climate Change Resiliency AssessmentMaine Adaptation ToolkitClimate and Coastal Risk Assessments and Adaptation Plans
Climate Assessments
Fourth National Climate Assessment Chapter 18: NortheastRecent Scientific Papers
High-Resolution Climate Projections for the Northeastern United States Using Dynamical Downscaling at Convection-Permitting Scales - Komurcu et al., 2018Projected Changes in Climate Extremes over the Northeastern United States - Ning, Riddle, and Bradley, 2015
SSP Climate Scenarios
The roads ahead: Narratives for shared socioeconomic pathways describing world futures in the 21st century - O'Neill et al., 2017This paper describes the new set of integrated scenarios describing future climate, societal, and environmental change that will be used in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 6th Assessment Report (to be released 2021). [These shared socioeconomic pathways "SSCs" essentially will take the place of the representative concentration pathways "RCPs" in climate adaptation planning]
US Regional Climate Adaptation
Northeast Climate Adaptation Network Cost-Efficient Climate Change Adaptation in the North AtlanticUS-Canada Regional Climate Adaptation
The New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) Climate Change Action Plan 2001 (update in 2017)State Climate Futures
Maine Climate FuturesNew Hampshire Climate ReportsLinks between Arctic Change and New England
The future fate of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets and implications for New England - Robert DeConto, 2016 (Scientific Talk)Indigenous Perspectives
Building an Indigenous Climate Resilience Network - Chris Caldwell, 2019 (NECASC Webinar) Tribal Climate Science and Adaptation in the Midwest and Northeast - Sara Smith and Casey Thornbrugh, 2018 (NECASC Webinar)Environmental Justice
Examples to Showcase
(click arrows for more)Showcase some examples from communities at advanced stages of coastal adaptation planning (risk assessments as well as innovative infrastructure and financial options that focus on future benefits to communities). How do these communities make their decisions? What challenges do they encounter along the way?
Examples that address both climate and economy
Stonington - 2100 horizon for planning
Bucksport Aquaculture
Millinocket Solar Array
Waterfront Alliance in South Portland