Resources

Regional Climate Change Projections

• ClimAID- Integrated Assessment for Effective Climate Change Strategies in New York State
  (coming soon) Preview presentation by climate scientist, Arthur DeGaetano
  
  
• NYC Panel on Climate Change: Climate Risk Information (pdf)
  
  
• Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment

Adaptation Planning Guidance

• ICLEI- Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments
• NOAA- Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers

Web-based Toolkits

• NOAA Coastal Services Center’s Coastal Climate Adaptation Website
• CAKE- Climate Adaptation Knowledge Network
• ICLEI- Climate Resilient Communities

Adaptation Strategies

• Hudson Valley Rising Waters Project
  
  
• EPA Climate Ready Estuaries: Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas (pdf)
  
  
• Scenic Hudson Revitalizing Hudson Riverfronts (pdf)

Examples of Adaptation Plans from around the Country

• Keene, New Hampshire- ICLEI Case Study (pdf)
  
  
• Homer, Alaska- ICLEI Case Study (pdf)
  
  
• Center for Clean Air Policy Urban Leaders Adaptation Initiative Ask the Climate Question: Adapting to Climate Change in Urban Regions - (2009) by Lowe, Foster and Winkelman (pdf)

Examples of Adaptation Actions in New York State

• Climate Change Adaptation in New York City: Building a Risk Management Response
  
  
• East Hampton, New York- Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
  
  
• Town of Pleasant Valley Flood Protection District
  
  
• City of New Rochelle Sustainability Plan
  
  
• Village of Tarrytown Riverwalk
  
  
• Town of Bedford Stakeholders Summit
  
  
• Northern Westchester Energy Action Coalition (NWEAC)
  
  
• Suffolk County Hazard Mitigation Plan

State Funding and Technical Assistance Resources

• Office of Climate Change Climate Smart Communities Program
  
  
• Department of State Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Grants
  
  
• DEC Hudson River Estuary Program, Green Infrastructure Examples for Stormwater Management
  
  
• State Office of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation Program
  
  
• DEC Floodplain Management
  
  
• DEC Hudson River Estuarine Research Reserve, Sustainable Shorelines Project : Email Betsy Blair at bablair@gw.dec.state.ny.us for more information
  
  
• NYSERDA: Focus on Local Government
  
  
• Environmental Facilities Corp Green Innovation Grant Program

NY State Initiatives for Preparing for Climate Change

• NYS Climate Action Council
  
  
• NYS Sea Level Rise Task Force
  
  
• ClimAID: NYS Climate Impacts Assessment

Resources for Local Communities and Governments

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