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Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice
Public Group active 2 days, 21 hours agoThe Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Program is assembling a Community of Practice to bring extension, outreach, and education (EOE) experts together to identify how to help coastal communities address the potential economic, social, and ecological impacts of Sea Level Rise (SLR) around the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The project will discuss the impacts of SLR through a collaborative project involving the four GOM Sea Grant Programs (Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi-Alabama), NOAA capabilities, and other federal, state and local partners. The project will provide decision makers with reliable information and science-based guidance regarding both the level of risk to their coastal communities and strategies they can promote to effectively adapt to the rising sea level. This project will establish a long-term community of practice among EOE professionals in the Gulf region that will ensure continued dialogue and information exchange on SLR and other climate-change and coastal hazard related issues.
Public Website: http://www.masgc.org/climate/cop/index.html
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 days, 21 hours agoNYT: Three States to Require Insurers to Disclose Climate-Change Response Plans
By FELICITY BARRINGER
Published: February 1, 2012
Insurance commissioners in California, New York…[Read more]
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Niki Pace posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 3 days, 3 hours agoInsurance commissioners in California, New York and Washington State will require that companies disclose how they intend to respond to the risks their businesses and customers face from increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels and other consequences of climate…[Read more]
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 4 days, 23 hours agoU.N. Framework Convention Issues Database of Climate Adaptation Activities
By Avery Fellow
(The UNFCCC Adaptation Private Sector Initiative Database is available athttp://unfccc.int/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/private_sector_initiative/items/6547.php)
The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change has released an online database of ideas…[Read more]
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Heidi Stiller uploaded the file: Climate Funding Opportunities (as of January 15, 2012) to
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 weeks, 2 days agoThis document includes Federal, Non-Profit, and Foundation opportunities.
NOTE: These opportunities represent a snapshot of what is currently available (as of January 15, 2012). Future grant opportunities are contingent upon funding appropriations. -
Ann Weaver posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 weeks, 4 days agoLaunch Announcement:
Creating a Learning Community for Solutions to Climate Change
CAMEL
Climate, Adaptation, Mitigation, E-Learning
http://www.CAMELclimatechange.org
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) and the Council of Environmental Deans…[Read more]
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Marian Hanisko posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 3 weeks, 1 day agoIn November, CSC hosted a webinar on the Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer. I noticed this week that the webinar recording is now available on the Digital Coast website for those who might have missed it earlier. Here’s the link: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/webinar/archive.html
I highly recommend taking an hour to…[Read more]
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 3 weeks, 5 days agoFor anyone who’s been asked to explain the difference between climate and weather… Here’s the video of the day:
Act of Dog: Why Climate Change is Like Walking Fido
http://www.grist.org/climate-change/2012-01-07-act-of-dog-global-warming-walking-fido-video
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Heidi Stiller uploaded the file: Climate Scenarios: A Florida-Centric View (Nov. 2011) to
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 3 weeks, 5 days ago“The purpose of this document is to provide an informed opinion on future climate scenarios relevant to Florida. It offers a primer on Florida’s vulnerabilities to climate variability and change…The uniqueness of this document is that it broadens the discussion of a rather restrictive sounding title like ‘climate scenarios’ to involve experts…[Read more]
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 3 weeks, 5 days agoWith thanks to Christa for passing along. Two recent news articles from Australia that illustrate the potential for local govs to face legal dilemmas re: SLR — on the one hand property owners may demand to be compensated if development is not allowed…but on the other hand property owners may demand to be compensated if they’re allowed to…[Read more]
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Amy Clark posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month agoClimate Stewards Education Project – Class of 2012 (Deadline: January 13): NOAA manages an exciting national education initiative for formal and informal educators – the Climate Stewards Education Project (CSEP). The goals of this project are to provide educators with sustained professional development, collaborative tools, and support to build a…[Read more]
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Christa Rabenold posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month agoThe National Academies National Research Council has released ”Climate Change Education:
Goals, Audiences, and Strategies: A Workshop Summary” It is available at http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13224 -
Niki Pace posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month agoInsurance and Climate Change news item from ScienceNews: “Insurance Payouts Point to Climate Change,” at http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337368/title/Insurance_payouts_point_to_climate_change
Concluding remark from article: “Insurers take climate change very seriously, he explained. In fact, he added, for much of his industry global…[Read more]
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$380 BILLION in natural hazard losses last year? Sweet wow.
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month agoJust published in journal Natural Hazards: “Assessing future risk: quantifying the effects of sea level rise on storm surge risk for the southern shores of Long Island, New York”
Available online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/p85t032723506176/And today’s Grist is featuring an interview with Christine Shepard, the study’s lead…[Read more]
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 2 weeks agoPreliminary Agenda and Schedule Announced for 2012 Climate Leadership Association of Climate Change Officers, February 29-March 1, 2012 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The first annual Climate Leadership Conference will bring together leaders from business, government and academic institutions, and the non-profit community interested in exchanging…[Read more] -
Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 2 weeks agoAnother interesting Daily Grist piece from David Roberts on climate communication. Making the case that some ”alarmist” communication is a good idea (i.e. if we all take the pragmatist approach and try not to scare folks we’ll never get the needed change in time.)
http://www.grist.org/climate-change/2011-12-16-brutal-logic-and-climate-communications
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Marian Hanisko uploaded the file: Gulf of Mexico Climate Adaptation Inventory December 2011 to
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 2 weeks agoHere’s an updated copy of the Gulf of Mexico Climate Adaptation Inventory. New projects and updates are highlighted. If you have a project you would like to see included in the inventory, please let me know.
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Marian Hanisko deleted the file: Gulf of Mexico Climate Change Adaptation Inventory – Fall 2010 from
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Marian Hanisko deleted the file: Gulf of Mexico Climate Change Adaptation Inventory – April 30, 2011 from
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 2 weeks ago -
Melissa Schneider uploaded the file: Americans’ Global Warming Beliefs and Attitudes in November 2011 to
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 3 weeks agoThis study was conducted by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication and the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
Interview dates: October 20, 2011 – November 16, 2011. Interviews: 1,000 Adults (18+)
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Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group
Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 4 weeks agothis new map provides a good visual of all the extreme weather we’ve had this year…
NRDC Launches Map of Extreme Weather Events
The Natural Resources Defense Council on Dec. 8 launched an interactive mapping tool that shows extreme weather events across the United States. The map includes…[Read more] - Load More
Oh, how I wish we were the only ones trying to figure out how to address sea level rise in some sort of coherent fashion without everybody suing everybody else.
As for this (from the second article):
“in a new move against climate-cautious councils, property holders could be given time-limited development approvals to be reviewed decades in…[Read more]