Climate Adaptation Partners

CAP recently co-chaired, along with Tracie Sempier, the The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine consensus study on Community-Driven Relocation in the Gulf Coast. Erring on the side of being hazard-agnostic and extending beyond region-only relevance, the committee emphasized the importance of centering #wellbeing in relocation planning, with the criteria of 'community-driven' and sustained assessment and support. Check out the Interactive Overview: https://lnkd.in/dfkBBd76 Download the full study and supporting briefs here: https://lnkd.in/dN-Jswud Huge thanks to: the Gulf communities who shared their stories and helped the committee to understand their challenges the NASEM team of John Ben Soileau, Grace Betts, Thomas Thornton, and Sitara Rahiab and the broader NASEM team who helped the committee and provided extraordinary support throughout, the study committee: KAYODE O. ATOBA, Associate Research Scientist, Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas, Texas A&M University GARY S. BELKIN, Director, Billion Minds Project, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health DEBRA M. BUTLER, Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals CRAIG E. COLTEN, Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University KATHERINE J. CURTIS, Associate Director and Professor of Community and Environmental Sociology, Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison HARRIET FESTING (Resigned December 2022), Executive Director and Co-Founder, Anthropocene Alliance LYNN R. GOLDMAN, Michael and Lori Milken Dean and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University E. BARRETT RISTROPH, Owner, Ristroph Law, Planning, and Research CATHERINE L. ROSS, Regents Professor and Harry West Professor of City and Regional Planning, and Director, Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development, Georgia Institute of Technology GAVIN P. SMITH, Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, North Carolina State University NATALIE L. SNIDER, Science Integrator, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Integration and Application Network COURTNEY S. THOMAS TOBIN, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Fielding School of Public Health, and Faculty Associate, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles) and to the many hands behind the scenes who helped navigate to a meaningful set of recommendations and agency briefings. There's more to do in the Gulf and across the nation with this wicked problem and so we encourage review of these outputs in any relocation discussion.

Climate Adaptation Partners (CAP) launched in 2019 and as we lean into our 5 year anniversary, a few curious friends recently asked, 'what have you been doing?' Though I generally post through Janice Barnes, Ph.D, here's another CAP update for 2024. We completed our work on the New York City Panel on Climate Change 4th Assessment, including the launch of NPCC's first website. https://lnkd.in/g6Zyd62d Panel Co-Chairs Christian V. Braneon, PhD, Deborah Balk Robin Leichenko and Joel Towers led an incredible effort alongside panel members and working group collaborators. Chapters include: Introduction: https://lnkd.in/gAFnVUb6 Climate Observations and Projections: https://lnkd.in/gmJ9h3fJ Tail Risk: https://lnkd.in/gmCCD7zK Advancing Climate Justice: https://lnkd.in/g6CHaknd Flooding: https://lnkd.in/g29UTNtJ Climate Change and New York City's Health Risk: https://lnkd.in/gcPC3SAP Energy and Energy Insecurity: https://lnkd.in/gteqWmMh Concepts and Tools for Envisioning New York City's Futures: https://lnkd.in/gibgrN9w Conclusions: https://lnkd.in/gWtSzPtQ CAP initially co-chaired the Health Working Group with Thomas Matte and in the last 18 months, focused on supporting all of these chapters through the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) publication process with Douglas Braaten. If you've not had a chance to review the findings of this assessment, or the previous ones, the website encapsulates the many NPCC resources as well as provides background on the NPCC and local law. NYC is truly fortunate to have collaborators across many organizations who volunteer their time and knowledge to sustain the City's assessment process. If you have questions about the NPCC, reach out to https://lnkd.in/gwn7fTyJ and choose 'NPCC' from the pull down menu. Hayley E. of MOCEJ is the point person. Victoria Cerullo, Emilie Schnarr and Adam Parris previously guided the effort. Huge thanks to everyone involved and to everyone who makes use of the outputs to guide decision-making in NYC.

Climate Adaptation Partners (CAP) launched in 2019 and as we lean into our 5 year anniversary, a few curious friends recently asked, 'what have you been doing?' Though I generally post through Janice Barnes, Ph.D, here's a CAP update for 2024. We completed our work with NYSERDA on the New York State Climate Impact Assessment. The full assessment is here: https://lnkd.in/eGNKpR8s. CAP co-chaired the Human Health and Safety chapter (with the amazing Perry Sheffield. That chapter is here: https://lnkd.in/dSG7rvfy

Our Water AND: Intervening in Adaptation Hazard Bias article just became part of a Frontiers ebook: https://lnkd.in/gSU3TDNY

Today, we are releasing the Fourth Assessment Report of the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC). This report is the result of years of work by a multidisciplinary team of scientists, interagency advisors, and fellows, and it documents the manifold impacts of climate change now and into the future for New York City. Across eight chapters, the report covers how climate change is impacting health, energy, equity, flood risk, and more. NYC is lucky to have our own panel on climate change. The NPCC is an essential tool for informing our work to prepare for a more resilient and equitable NYC. https://lnkd.in/eHbNqaBD Joel Towers, Deborah Balk, Christian V. Braneon, PhD, Robin Leichenko, Janice Barnes, Ph.D, Leo Temko, Timon McPhearson

Keep an eye out for the recordings of the panel discussions where we covered topics ranging from cultural heritage to putting a little love into eveything you do, all to center wellbeing in decision-making.