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Planning for Climate Impacts in the Western Lake Superior Region
September 22, 2011, Duluth
Michael Davidson, Midwest Regional Director
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA
Photo Credit: AP Photo/Brian Kersey
Identifying Climate Vulnerabilities
Photo Credit: Jim Scurlock
Fact sheets Mitigation-adaptation connection:
milestones, synergies and contradictions
Financing climate change adaptation
Preserving Assets in At-Risk Municipalities: Financial Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation
More on Climate Resilient Communities
Visit: www.icleiusa.org/adaptation
Resources Adaptation Database and Planning Tool
(ADAPT)
Adaptation e-newsletter
Adaptation blog posts
Webinar series on adaptation (e.g., public health)
Adaptation talking points
Link to climate adaptation resources from around the nation
Adaptation Resource Toolbox (coming soon)
Updated vulnerability assessment methodology (coming soon)
Components of Effective Planning
Framework: The Five Milestones methodology for an “actionable” plan Process: The framework in action Strategy: Eight Tenets for Success Application: Case studies of adaptation planning in action
Framework: Five Milestones for Adaptation Planning
An intuitive, common-sense planning framework to achieve an outcome
Process: Framework in Action
Step 1: Research climate change projections
Step 2: Identify climate change impacts
Resilience: The ability of a system to absorb disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning; the capacity to self-organize and rebound from stress and change.
Conducting a Climate Resiliency Study
Step 3: Conduct vulnerability assessment
Step 4: Identify key vulnerabilities
Conducting a Climate Resiliency Study
Strategy: Eight Tenets for Success
1. Buy-in from the chief elected official2. Central management & coordination3. Guidance from an external
advisory board4. Inclusive & transparent planning
process5. Research & analysis to create a
fact-driven plan6. Aggressive but achievable
initiatives7. Accountability to the public8. “Institutionalization” of the plan and
updating process
buy – in
central management
research & analysis
aggressive but achievable
guidance
inclusive & transparent
accountability
institutionalization
Risk assessment approach:
Used reliable science, then extrapolated Conducted by local task force Moved forward with a reasonable amount of
uncertainty
Case Study: Homer, AKbuy – in
central management
research & analysis
aggressive but achievable
guidance
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Case Study: Miami-Dade County, FL
Risk assessment approach:
Sought unity on climate data Started with biggest impacts (sea level rise) Leveraged regional partnership
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Risk assessment approach:
Used reliable science, then extrapolated Analyzed risk of not adapting Prioritized adaptation efforts Cross-departmental participation
Questions?
Michael Davidson, Midwest Regional Director
312-848-3041
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