evolving the u.s. climate resilience toolkit to support a climate-smart nation · 2016-02-09 ·...

EvolvingtheU.S.ClimateResilienceToolkittoSupportaClimate-SmartNation

January20,2016

Acknowledgments:JamesFox,LuAnnDahlman,NinaHall,NedGardiner,JamieHerring,ToniParham,&JohnKeck

David.Herring@noaa.gov

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.