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FHWA → Environment → Climate Change → Adaptation → Workshops And Peer Exchanges → 2011-2012 Summary

Climate Change Adaptation Peer Exchanges: Comprehensive Report

Appendix C: Resources for More Information

Identified During the FHWA Adaptation Peer Exchanges

Transportation Adaptation Information

General Adaptation Activities

Transportation and Climate Change Adaptation Peer Exchanges and Workshops

• Workshops on Integrating Climate Change with Transportation Planning (October, November 2010) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/workshops_and_peer_exchanges/
• Educating the Public on Climate Change Issues: DOT and MPO Best Practices (June 2010) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/educating_the_public/index.cfm
• December 2009 Exchange http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/workshops_and_peer_exchanges/illinois_12_2009/peer00.cfm
• December 2008 Exchange http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/processes/statewide/practices/climate_workshop/

AASHTO Transportation and Climate Change Resources Center-State and Local Adaptation Activities

• http://climatechange.transportation.org/climate_adaptation/state_local.aspx

Integrating Climate Change into the Transportation Planning Process - FHWA (July 2008)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/

FHWA Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter (Ongoing)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/newsletter/

Risk and Vulnerability Assessments

FHWA Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Conceptual Model Pilots (Ongoing)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/ongoing_and_current_research/vulnerability_assessment_pilots/

Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure-Gulf Coast Study (Ongoing)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/ongoing_and_current_research/gulf_coast_study/

Literature Review: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Assessment, and Adaptation Approaches - FHWA (July 2009)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/vulnerability_assessment/index.cfm

Coastal Resilience (The Nature Conservancy)

• http://coastalresilience.org/

Assessing Climate Change Effects and Impacts

Regional Climate Change Effects: Useful Information for Transportation Agencies - FHWA (May 2010)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/climate_effects/
• Also available in PDF:
  • Report and Appendix A: Detailed Methodology http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/climate_effects/effects07.cfm
  • Appendix B: Regional Maps http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/climate_effects/effects08.cfm
  • Appendix C: Climate Change Effects Typology Matrix http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/climate_effects/effects09.cfm

The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation - Transportation Research Board (TRB) Special Report 290 (2008)

• http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/The_Potential_Impacts_of_Climate_Change_on_US_Tran_156825.aspx

Bulletin of the World Meteorological Organization, Weather and climate change implications for surface transportation in the USA - Marjorie McGuirk, Scott Shuford, et. al. (April 2009)

Climate Change Resources

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-climate change website

• http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)-Fourth Assessment Report

• http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.shtml

Generic Climate Change and Transportation Resources

US Department of Transportation-Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse

• http://climate.dot.gov/

FHWA-Highways and Climate Change

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/

FHWA Transportation and Climate Change Newsletter (Ongoing)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/newsletter/

National Academy of Sciences

• http://nas-sites.org/americasclimatechoices/

Region-Specific Activities and Reports

Midwest

Midwestern Regional Climate Center

• http://mcc.sws.uiuc.edu/

Purdue Climate Change Research Center

• http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/climate/

The Polis Center at Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis

• http://www.polis.iupui.edu/

State Hazard Mitigation Plans

• Ohio- http://ema.ohio.gov/mitigationplan2011.aspx
• Indiana- http://www.in.gov/dhs/3181.htm
• Illinois- http://www.state.il.us/iema/planning/documents/Plan_IllMitigationPlan.pdf
• Michigan-Plan completed very recently, and not yet available online. Likely to be posted on the following website: http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1593_3507---,00.html
• Kentucky- http://kyem.ky.gov/recovery/Pages/HazardMitigation.aspx (plan not yet available online)

FEMA Resources

• FEMA Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning http://www.fema.gov/hazard-mitigation-planning-overview
• Hazus-MH, http://www.fema.gov/hazus
• Risk MAP https://www.fema.gov/risk-mapping-assessment-planning

State Climatologist http://www.stateclimate.org/

Silver Jackets http://www.nfrmp.us/state/

FHWA's Sustainable Highways Self-Evaluation Tool http://www.sustainablehighways.org/

California, Oregon, and Washington State

California

California Climate Adaptation Strategy (http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/)

• Infrastructure Working Group - Adaptation Strategies http://www.climatechange.ca.gov/climate_action_team/land_use.html/
• Vulnerability of Transportation Systems to Sea Level Rise - Submitted by Business, Transportation and Housing Agency; Prepared by Caltrans (February 2009) www.climatechange.ca.gov/adaptation/documents/2009_Preliminary_Trans_Assessment.pdf (inactive 10/2012 Summary available at http://www.georgetownclimate.org/resources/californias-vulnerability-of-transportation-systems-to-sea-level-rise-preliminary-assessme

California Department of Transportation Guidance on Incorporating Sea-Level Rise (2011)

• http://www.dot.ca.gov/ser/downloads/sealevel/guide_incorp_slr.pdf

Caltrans Climate Change Branch - Projects and Studies

• http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/LandArch/research/climate_change.htm

Cal-Adapt - Exploring California's Climate Change Research

• http://cal-adapt.org/

The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast - California Climate Change Center (May 2009)

• http://www.slc.ca.gov/reports/sea_level_report.pdf

Oregon

The Oregon Climate Change Adaptation Framework (December 2010)

• http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/CLIMATECHANGE/docs/Oregon.Statewide.Adaptation.Final.pdf

ODOT's Climate Change Adaptation Website

• http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/CLIMATECHANGE/Pages/index.aspx

ODOT's Sustainability Program

• http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/SUS/Pages/index.aspx

Washington

WSDOT Sustainable Transportation Website and Resources

• http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/sustainabletransportation/

Washington State's Integrated Climate Change Response Strategy (November 2010)

• http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/ipa_responsestrategy.htm

Topic Advisory Group 1 Archive: Built Environment, Infrastructure and Communities

• http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/tag_infrastructure.htm

State of Washington, Department of Ecology Clearinghouse: Impacts, Preparation, Adaptation Resources

• http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/ipa_resources.htm

New England

Region-Wide

StormSmart Coasts http://stormsmartcoasts.org/

StormSmart StormReporter http://stormreporter.stormsmart.org/

Northeast Climate Impacts Assessment http://www.northeastclimateimpacts.org/

• Northeast Climate Data (short process to create account) http://www.northeastclimatedata.org/
• Confronting Climate Change in the U.S. Northeast: Science, Impacts, and Solutions http://www.northeastclimateimpacts.org/pdf/confronting-climate-change-in-the-u-s-northeast.pdf

Carbon Solutions New England http://carbonsolutionsne.org/

Connecticut

Connecticut's 2010 Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

• http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/water_inland/hazard_mitigation/2010_nhmp.pdf

The Green Plan: Guiding Land Acquisition and Protection in Connecticut (2007-2012)

• http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/open_space/green_plan.PDF

Sentinel Monitoring for Climate Change in the Long Island Sound Ecosystem

• http://longislandsoundstudy.net/research-monitoring/sentinel-monitoring/

Maine

Planning for Climate Change - Maine State Planning Office

• http://www.maine.gov/spo/landuse/techassist/climatechange.htm (office closed July 2012; link inactive)

University of Maine, Climate Change Institute

• Maine's Climate Future Report (2009) http://climatechange.umaine.edu/files/Maines_Climate_Future.pdf
• Maine's Climate Change Stakeholder Adaptation Process
• Maine Climate News (Ongoing) http://umaine.edu/maineclimatenews/

Coastal Hazard Resiliency Tools Project, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission

• http://www.smrpc.org/CoastalHazardResilencyToolsProject/Coastal.htm

Massachusetts

Interagency Transportation, Land Use, and Climate Change Cape Cod Pilot Project http://www.volpe.dot.gov/coi/ppoa/publiclands/projects/interagencypilotproject.html

• A Framework for Considering Climate Change in Transportation and Land Use Scenario Planning: Final Report (March 2012) http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/climate_change/adaptation/resources_and_publications/cape_cod/index.cfm
• Cape Cod Commission Action Plan (September 2011) http://www.volpe.dot.gov/coi/ppoa/publiclands/projects/docs/ccc_action_plan.pdf

Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, and the Boston Region MPO (May 2008)

• http://www.fhwa.dot.gov//planning/processes/metropolitan/mpo/boston_mpo/

Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Report (September 2011)

• http://www.mass.gov/eea/air-water-climate-change/climate-change/climate-change-adaptation-report.html

New Hampshire

Assessing the Risk of 100-year Freshwater Floods in the Lamprey River Watershed of New Hampshire Resulting from Changes in Climate and Land Use

• http://100yearfloods.org/

Adaptation Strategies to Protect Areas of Increased Risk from Coastal Flooding due to Climate Change, Seabrook, NH. Prepared by the Rockingham Planning Commission (July 2009)

• http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/coastal/documents/seabrook_adaptation.pdf

Climate Change in the Piscataqua/Great Bay Region: Past, Present, and Future (December 2011)

• http://carbonsolutionsne.org/resources/reports/pdf/greatbayreport_online.pdf

Rhode Island

University of Rhode Island Climate Change Collaborative http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/climate/

• Climate Change and Rhode Island's Coasts (2012) http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/z_downloads/coast/climate_change_summ_web.pdf
• Sea Level Rise Policy & Visualizations http://seagrant.gso.uri.edu/climate/sealevelrise.html

Rhode Island Flood Awareness and Climate Change Task Force

• http://www.riema.ri.gov/prevention/floods/FACCT.php

Vermont

Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission

• Draft Chittenden County Climate Change Trends and Impacts. Prepared by the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (February 2012) http://ecosproject.com/sites/default/files/documents/Climate_Change_Trends_Impacts_Draft%231_20120206.pdf

Adapting to Climate Change in Vermont - White Papers

• http://www.anr.state.vt.us/anr/climatechange/Adaptation.html

Vermont Climate Change Indicators (2011). Alan Betts Atmospheric Research

• http://alanbetts.com/research/paper/vermont-climate-change-indicators/