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Post by Admin on Feb 4, 2015 19:23:55 GMT
Post your climate resilience research question. This is a specific climate-related challenge in your coastal community that you will use the Toolkit to address.
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Post by lmauermuller on Feb 13, 2015 19:06:36 GMT
My climate challenge question is about the kinds of resources we can give decision makers so they know better how to communicate climate and flooding risks in a way to their residents, without freaking them out.
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Post by Mike Mahoney on Feb 15, 2015 21:47:57 GMT
My climate related question that I hope to use the toolkit to address is how do I effectively communicate the science that CT Sea Grant is doing to community stakeholders who might not understand the importance or benefit to them?
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Post by madhavi on Feb 18, 2015 23:02:05 GMT
My climate challenge is to assemble a compelling narrative that will foster inter-Town cooperation related to climate change and its impact on the Cape. At present, to the extent that Towns are evaluating climate change in their budgetary allocations the discussion remains fragmented.
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Post by kathynysdoh on Feb 20, 2015 17:26:48 GMT
My climate resilience question is how can a coastal (or inland but flood-prone) community improve its resiliency in the event of a power outage?
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Post by joanna on Feb 20, 2015 18:57:30 GMT
My question is: how can rural communities work climate change adaptation into their long-range planning with budget struggles or lack of political support?
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Post by Gregg Cademartori on Feb 23, 2015 20:30:51 GMT
Similar to Joanna the question is how to get mitigation, adaptation and resilience planning mainstream. The City of Gloucester has embarked on a climate change vulnerability assessment, with a primary focus on sea level and storm surge impacts, thanks to the help of state CZM grant funding. But clearly there are many facets that need to be assessed and cannot necessarily wait for periodic funding opportunities. The hope is the assessment tool will help provide the backbone for multiple initiatives both at the local and state levels.
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Post by rob on Feb 23, 2015 21:53:22 GMT
Lots of questions about how coastal communities can improve their resilience to impacts of climate change. Most of the more important ones are the most difficult -- where will funding come from? How does society balance individual property rights and takings with the benefits for society as a whole? How do communities decide to abandon land, buildings, and infrastructure that are no longer tenable under new climate conditions? How can multiple small coastal municipalities best work together?
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Post by Brad Tito on Feb 24, 2015 21:10:38 GMT
Is there a checklist or screening tool that can be used to evaluate capital projects as part of the approval process at the local level?
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Post by dkutner on Feb 27, 2015 13:46:33 GMT
Coastal communities in New Jersey will be facing considerable future sea-level rise risks. Residents in these communities, many of whom have been living in these areas for generations, are not likely to easily or willingly give up their homes and lifestyles, but in many cases that's what may need to happen. Clearly the folks who live in these towns need to consider a range of adaptation strategies, those that enable them to remain in place in the short term and more difficult long-term actions. My question - how can adaptation strategies be evaluated in terms of the time that they will be effective. Cost/benefit analysis needs to factor in changing conditions over time as sea-levels rise. What would an effective metric look like?
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Post by mdlowery on Feb 27, 2015 16:00:41 GMT
How can the toolkit be customized or complemented with local, state or regional resources, and promoted to local governments to facilitate local vulnerability assessments and adaptation planning by communities without the need for intensive state agency intervention?
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Post by rebecca on Feb 27, 2015 17:08:26 GMT
My question is how can fishermen and other island and coastal community members adapt their livelihoods in response to a changing climate? What are the current climate models predicting (i.e. warming surface water temperatures, species shifts)? What are the resources out there related to this issue?
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Post by DaniGlaser on Feb 27, 2015 19:54:23 GMT
The Town of Cortlandt is working on our 2016 Master Plan. New construction near the river (mixed use, restaurants, etc.) are being considered. We will be using the toolkit to research flood zone planning.
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Post by janetri on Feb 27, 2015 20:33:16 GMT
My question is much like those of rob and dkutner. Conditions are changing over time both in the natural and built environment. A time element is needed in any resilience strategy. How do we develop a metric? And how do we shift the bulk of the costs for coastal damages and/or resilience away from the general taxpayer to the people who are reaping the benefits of living on the coast. Targeted tax districts? No federal flood insurance policies for new coastal construction in rapidly eroding areas or places that will be flooded by daily high tides in the near future?
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Post by stevej on Mar 2, 2015 21:41:15 GMT
NH's 18 mile coast is heavily developed, state reps refer to it as the Gold Coast. The Gold is the tax revenue that the state and municipal governments recieve and operate with, and they do not like to hear words like retreat or abandon when in discussions about planning and preparing for climate change and sea level rise. How can I assist our government officials in understanding this may be necessary in some cases? What resources are available to plan for revenue shifts? What tools are available to help them plan and prepare for a stable tax revenue base while preparing for climate change and sea level rise?
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