EvolvingtheU.S.ClimateResilienceToolkittoSupportaClimate-SmartNation
January20,2016
Acknowledgments:JamesFox,LuAnnDahlman,NinaHall,NedGardiner,JamieHerring,ToniParham,&JohnKeck
Water Resources
Energy Costs
Development Pressure
OursocietywillnotmakedecisionsbasedsolelyonClimateThreats
• Peoplemustbeabletointegrateclimateinformationwiththeirothervaluedrivers(thingstheycareabout)
• Informationmustberelevanttotheirvalues&motivations
• Theymusttrusttheinformationsource
• Adaptationiseasiestunderstoodthrougharesilienceframeandsuccessfulpathswalkedbyothers
Adaptationisn’ttotallyalinearprocess
RISKRisk
What people & assets could be impacted?
ActionWhat are we willing
to do about it?
Climate DataWhat do we know about
what has happened?
Future ProjectionsWhat could happen?
What do we care about?
Assets and Resources
Stakeholders
WeareaddingaRegionsSectiontotheCRT
Heatwaves,extreme
precipitation,coastalflooding
Reducedwateravailability,more
powerfulhurricanes
Longergrowingseason,extreme
events(heatwaves,floods,droughts)
Increaseddemandfor
water
Recedingsummericeandglaciers,thawingpermafrost,major
changestoecosystems
Earliersnowmelt,reductioninsummerwateravailability,majorecological
changes
Drought,warming,wildfires,
waterscarcity
Constrainedfreshwatersupplies,higher
temperatures,stressedecosystems
Source:AdaptedfromNCA3
5-StepAdaptationWorkflow(GettingStartedSteps)fromtheU.S.ClimateResilienceToolkit
Step1:IdentifytheProblem
Step2:Assessyourvulnerability
Step3:Identifyoptionstobuildresilience
Step4:Evaluatetheriskandchoosethebestoption
Step5:Implement–TakeAction!
Did you know?
Why should we care?
What can we do about it?
toolkit.climate.gov
TheCRTv1.0wasfirstpublishedinNov2014.
Thefrontpageoffersmultipleentrypointsfor
finding&exploringclimate-related
decision-supporttools,information,&subject
matterexpertise.
TheCRTaddressesnineclimate-relatedtopics&
sub-topics.
Thispageactsasatableofcontents&point-of-entry
fortopic-basedexplorationofclimate-relatedhazards.
There’saninteragencyvirtualteamofsubjectexpertsbehindeachofthesetopicsections.
EachTopicsectionhasamainnarrativepage,excerptedfrom
the3rdU.S.NationalClimateAssessment,tohelppeople
understandwhere,how,&whyournationisexperiencingclimate-relatedstressors.
Thepurposeofthetopicsectionistoprovidescience-
basedinformationtohelppeopleidentify,understand,&communicateaboutclimate
stressorsintheircommunities&businesses.
Subtopicpagesprovideadditionalinformationabout
aparticularfacetofthetopic.
Notethe‘TakingAction’and‘Tools’sectionsinthe
righthandnavigation,whereallofourcasestudiesand
toolsarecross-walkedwithallofoursubtopics
throughouttheCRT—i.e.,a“nowrongdoor”approach
tonavigation.
TheTakingActionsectionnowhas96casestudiesrelatingtoevery
CRTtopic,andfromeveryregioninthe
UnitedStates.
Usethemenus(upperright)toquicklyfilterbyclimatestressor,parent
topic,the5stepstoresilience,and/orby
region.
AConceptualModelforBuildingResilience
• DecisionsaredrivenbyAssets(ResourcesandServices)
• Whentheseassetsareimpacted,thoseimpactseffectourqualityoflifeandlivelihoods.
• Remember,stressorsarebothclimateandnon-climaterelated
ThreatsandHazards
AssetsResourcesandServices
(People&Assets)
Non–ClimateStressors
ClimateStressors
AConceptualModelforBuildingResilience• InStepTwo,westart
quantifyingthemodel• ForeachAsset,lookat
primaryThreatsthatareimpacting.Wewanttolookateach“ImpactPair”Separately
• Dowehavedatatoquantifytherelationships?Arethereindicatorsorthresholds?
• Basedonunderstandingofcause-and-effectrelationships,wecanassesscosts&benefitsofpossibleactions.
ThreatsandHazards
AssetsResourcesand
Services(People&Assets)
Non-ClimateStressors
ClimateStressors
Indicators&/or
Thresholds
Action
Flooding
Roads&Bridges
DrainageBottlenecks
HeavyPrecipitation
ImperviousSurfaces
Buildings&Infrastructure
orboth.
Everytoolhasalandingpagewiththesedetails:
»Summaryoverview
»Webaddress
»Allrelevanttopicsandsubtopics
»Add’ldocumentationaboutthetool
»Linkstotrainingandtutorials(whereavailable)
»Agencies&entitieswhoprovide&maintaintool
OurFundingOpportunitiespagepresentsacuratedlistofabouttwodozengrant
fundingmechanismsofferedbythefederalgovernmentandnon-profitfoundations.
Oursemanticwebsearchtoolallowsusers
toquicklysearchtheCRTsite;ortheentireU.S.federalgov’t&
grantees.
Usethefiltersmenustowinnowresultsetsby
topicofinterestand/orresourcestype.
