resilience

The NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management released Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers, which offers a framework for state coastal managers to follow as they develop and implement climate change adaptation plans in their own states. State coastal managers, and their counterparts in local governments, are at the forefront of adapting to climate change. This document is structured to help guide managers through the planning process from establishing the planning team to implementing the plan.

The Climate Ready Water Utilities Adaptation Strategies Guide for Water Utilities was prepared by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as an informational resource to assist drinking water and wastewater utility owners in understanding and addressing climate change risks. The goal is to provide drinking water and wastewater utilities with a basic understanding of how climate change can impact utility operations and missions and to provide examples of actions utilities can take to prepare for these impacts.

On July 9, Time magazine featured an article that examines a new study, featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, which contradicts the prevailing scientific opinion on the frequency of major hurricanes. The consensus, however, appears to indicate that hurricanes will be stronger as a result of climate change and that the preparedness and resilience challenges are more significant.