S 2355 The Climate Change Adaptation Act

This fall's Climate Change Adaptation Act workshop, led by the Director of the MPA-ESP program Steve Cohen, addressed the government policy, procedure, and urgency in addressing climate change on coastlines.  The team aimed to create an operational plan that will reduce the vulnerability to climate change in the U.S. The workshop group outlined its expected results at the midterm briefing: to establish new and more effective procedures to periodically assess risks from climate change; to incorporate adaptation to climate change into the planning, management, and organization of the public and private sectors; and to carefully monitor results from these assessments and adaptations.  In the final weeks of the workshop, the group took steps to define the organization, contracting, and staffing plan as well as design the process of performance management.  The cohort also spent time creating a budget and revenue as well as a cohesive master calendar to effectively apply the Climate Change Adaptation Act to the private and public sectors of vulnerable zones.

Final briefing