Presenters:

David M. Kennedy, Director, NOAA Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management

Margaret A. Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center

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Climate Change and the Coasts:

Impacts on Coastal Communities

57% of U.S. national GDP is contributed by coastal watershed counties.

Coastal counties contain 53% of the Nation’s population – but account for only 17% of U.S. land area (excludes Alaska).

Waterborne commerce along the Nation’s seaports is a $1 trillion industry supporting more than 13 million U.S. jobs.

Coastal habitats help reduce impacts of floods, storms, and climate change on coastal communities by absorbing water, wave energy, and other stressors.

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Coastal Communities:VITAL TO U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIES

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NOAA’s tool box

NOAA: Understanding Changing Climate For Climate Risk

Management

Observations ModelingPlatforms:Satellites, ships, buoys, stationsGeospatial mapping

Earth System Models,Climate Predictions/ProjectionsHigh Resolution Regional Models

Energy Transportation

SocietyWater

Energy Transportation

SocietyWater

AgricultureCoastal Systems

HealthLiving Marine

Resources

AgricultureCoastal Systems

HealthLiving Marine

Resources

National Security and

Economy

National Security and

EconomyEcosystems and

BiodiversityEcosystems and

Biodiversity

Capabilities

Living marine resource management Data and InformationLand acquisition and restorationSupport direct resource management and policy development Training, outreach, capacity buildingValue-added tools and assessmentsFundamental geospatial infrastructure

PartnersGovernment cooperation: Local, State, Federal, Tribal, Territories

Regional Governors’ Associations/Alliances

Academia

Coastal mapping community

U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Regional Associations

Non-governmental organizations

Trade associations

Chambers of Commerce

Regional Climate Centers

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Expressed Needs:

A Federal resource/tool box to support adaptation strategies at multiple scales

Enhanced coordination among Federal agencies

Guidance for developing State adaptation plans

A better understanding of State requirements

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Coastal Coordination CommitteeClimate Working Group

NOAA’s Role in Climate Services, Adaptation, and Applications - February 23, 2009

Improving Awareness of Climate Change Risks: NOAA’s Climate Change Portal

A “one-stop” Web portal for discovery & delivery of NOAA’s climate information & resources

Improving Awareness of Climate Change Risks: NOAA’s Climate Change Portal

A “one-stop” Web portal for discovery & delivery of NOAA’s climate information & resources

Improving Analytic Capacity: Integrated Ocean & Coastal Mapping/Digital Coast

Provides a coordinated approach to mapping/GIS & visualization tools to help users understand impacts of changing climate conditions

Example (Left) – data simulation of inundation on Charleston, SC

Improving Analytic Capacity: Integrated Ocean & Coastal Mapping/Digital Coast

Provides a coordinated approach to mapping/GIS & visualization tools to help users understand impacts of changing climate conditions

Example (Left) – data simulation of inundation on Charleston, SC

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Implementing Adaptation Actions: NOAA’s Coastal StrategyTo increase the resilience of coastal environments and communities by protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems and their services and ensuring sustainable coastal communities.

Implementing Adaptation Actions: NOAA’s Coastal StrategyTo increase the resilience of coastal environments and communities by protecting and restoring coastal ecosystems and their services and ensuring sustainable coastal communities.

Climate Services for the Nation’s Coastal Communities

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Improving Awareness of Climate Change Risks

Coastal Storms Program – Gulf pilot

RiskWise partnership

Improving Analytic Capacity

Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise (EESLR)

Program

NOAA-USGS coastal climate partnership

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments

Implementing Adaptation Actions

Community and Regional Resilience Initiative

(CARRI)

Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program (CELCP) and Community Based Restoration Program

Satellite-based coral bleaching warning system and Reef Manager’s Guide

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Improving Awareness of Climate Change Risks

San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission- international design competition for innovative coastal adaptation strategies

WA: Climate Change Adaptation Tools Workshops. Coastal & Infrastructure Preparation Adaptation Working Group.

Improving Analytic Capacity

Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (GLOBEC)

Pacific Region Integrated Climatology

Information Products (PRICIP)

Climate Change and Intertidal Risk Analysis

Ocean Acidification – ecological forecasting

Pacific Risk Management Ohana (PRiMO)

California Seafloor Mapping Project (CSMP)

Implementing Adaptation Actions

AK: Immediate Action Work Group

WA: Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments (above)- NOAA RISA (Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments) program/King County/ICLEI.

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Improving Awareness of Climate Change Risks

U.S. Climate Change Science Program SAP 4.1: Sea level rise in Mid-Atlantic

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program regional trainings on A Reef Manager’s Guide to Coral Bleaching

Improving Analytic Capacity

NC: Sea Level Risk Management Study

FL, USVI, others: Reef resilience programs

MD: Chesapeake Bay Inundation Prediction

System (CIPS)

Implementing Adaptation Actions

MD: Coast-Smart Communities Initiative

DE Coastal Management Program: sea level rise

adaptation plan

Coastal habitat restoration

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