Freshwater Future Spring Climate Symposium Cleveland, Ohio
April 26, 2013 • Cleveland, OH • Glidden House
Overview
Freshwater Future and EcoAdapt
team up again to offer the 6th climate adaptation symposium to
learn how to incorporate climate
change elements into existing work, connect with climate
adaptation resources for your
work, and network with others.
This event is two events in one "Watershed Savvy: Incorporating Climate
Adaptation into Your Existing Work" and "Community Savvy: Make Your Neighborhood More
Resilient to Climate Change". The workshops included ways to help participants start developing
adaptation projects- by exploring the following questions and
grant resources:
- What is climate adaptation and what will it mean for your community?
- How can climate change impact your organization's work?
- What are the communities around the Great Lakes and across the country doing to build climate resistance?
- How can you make your organization's work climate-savvy?
- Freshwater Future's Climate Grants Program
For more information on the Climate Change Symposium trainings go to Freshwater Futures http://www.freshwaterfuture.
Agenda & Speakers
- Agenda
- Adaptation 101 and Climate Change Impacts in the Great Lakes- Lara Hansen
- How to Make Your Community and Work Climate Savvy- Alex Score
- Is this adaptation quiz show?- Lara Hansen
- Implementing Your Plan and Moving from Awareness to Action- Alex Score
- Adaptation Hurdles: How to Finish the Race- Ann Baughman
Reading & Resources
Great Lakes Region-specific information
- EcoAdapt's State of Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes Region - A project to survey, catalog, and assess climate adaptation activities in the Great Lakes region, especially focusing on freshwater-related efforts in the natural and built environments.
- Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Toolkit - One component of Freshwater Future’s Great Lakes Community Climate Program, to assist with implementation of on-the-ground adaptation projects.
- NOAA's Climate Ready Great Lakes Training Modules - Great source of information on impacts, adaptation, and tools.
- NOAA’s Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers–A Great Lakes Supplement
- Improving the Odds: Using Climate-Readiness Planning to Reduce the Impacts of Climate Change on the Great Lakes Ecosystem. National Wildlife Federation. 2010.
- Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts Good source for regional information and resources, including climate projections.
- Great Lakes Restoration & the Threat of Global Warming. Dempsey, D., J. Elder, and D. Scavia. 2008. A Report by the Healing Our Waters - Great Lakes Coalition
- Adaptation Collaboratory - a resource for research, education, and collaboration in the area of adaptation and climate change.
- Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) - An online, georeferenced adaptation website with case studies, library resources, tools, and more.
- CRiSTAL- Community-based Risk Screening Tool – Adaptation and Livelihoods
- Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA)
- Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS)
- NOAA’s Digital Coast - Provides tools, training, data, and case histories of how these tools have been used for climate adaptation and other coastal management issues, which includes CanVis, Open-source Nonpoint Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (OpenNSPECT), and Habitat Priority Planner.
- Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments ICLEI, King County, and the Climate Impacts Group. 2007
- WWF Climate Witness Program - Beyond witnessing climate change impacts many Climate Witnesses demonstrate real action and set examples that we can all follow.