Webinar Wednesday: Climate Change Adaptation Planning
February 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Climate Change Adaptation Planning in the Great Lakes
The International Joint Commission (IJC) Water Quality Board (WQB) initiated the Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes project to develop a robust community of practice and provide access to dynamic planning tools designed for local and regional governments to support climate resilience in Great Lakes communities. This project highlights issues primarily through the lens of small to medium-sized communities. There are many municipalities in the region that could benefit from an effort to share tools, networks, and guidance. These communities are faced with a complex situation to analyze, with limited resources for technical assistance, and could use help evaluating factors relating to key decisions about infrastructure investments to counteract and lessen climate change impacts. Accordingly, the WQB believes that this project could provide a great service in addressing and improving these circumstances.
The primary output from this project will consist of climate change adaptation guidance for small to medium-sized communities in the Great Lakes. The guidance includes an overview of the purpose of the guide and toolkit; tips on how to get the most out of the resource; general steps to prepare for climate resilience; tools and case studies showing how other Great Lakes communities are preparing for resilience; guidance on and links to appropriate technical support and resources; educational resources that communities can use to help garner community and political support; and information on available funding for resilience and adaptation planning.
Potomac-Hudson Engineering, Inc. has been retained as the contractor to support this effort, with Michael Baker International and LimnoTech as teaming partners.
CM credit sustainability/resilience is pending approval. You must attend the webinar live in order to earn CM credit.
Speakers:
Dawn Schilling
**The Pennsylvania Chapter is not responsible for the materials or opinions of the speaker(s) you will hear**
Deadline to register is February 4
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