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Stakeholder Engagement to Coordinate a Regional Assessment of Climate

Support to the National Climate Assessment

Dates

Start Date
2011-09-01
End Date
2012
Release Date
2011

Summary

This project supported a climate assessment workshop for the Northwest region. The workshop brought together regional stakeholders interested in understanding regional climate impacts and identifying strategies for adapting resources to changing conditions. The workshop also initiated a process of participatory activities and communication about the climate assessment, which helped contribute to the broader National Climate Assessment (NCA). By discussing adaptive management solutions with regional stakeholders, the workshop provided regional case study results to the NCA, such as information on local lessons and best practices. Specific workshop objectives included (1) convening and launching a process for coordinating the regional [...]

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Contacts

Principal Investigator :
Phil Mote
Funding Agency :
Northwest CSC
CMS Group :
Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASC) Program

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“Mount Rainier - Credit: Alan Cressler”
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Purpose

In 2011-2012, the National Climate Assessment (NCA) effort encourages regional workshops in each of the defined regions, including the Northwest. Stakeholder engagement has been considered an essential staple of NCA activity and likewise engagement with regional stakeholders from the Northwest Climate Science Center and the Climate Decision Support Center (CDSC) are having input to the development of their research agenda and priorities. CDSC has been designated as the lead university partner with responsibility for conducting the regional northwest NCA workshop in cooperation with designated federal agencies in the region. The NCA workshop will bring together regional stakeholders that are most interested in understanding regional climate impacts, exploring their climate related problems, and in applying adaptive solutions for their sectors. Beyond mere engagement, the workshop also initiated an iterative process of participatory activities and communication about the NCA in the region and as a backdrop to regional assessment processes that also will contribute to the national process as a whole. The regional NCA workshop had two main objectives: (1) convene and launch a process for coordinating the NCA in the northwest region working with Federal agency leads, the NW CSC, three regional Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, and other relevant stakeholders, including how technical input to the report and NCA will be coordinated; and (2) outline and initiate development of a regional NCA synthesis for delivery to the NCA by March 2012. Funding was used to support the workshop and to fund travel for selected stakeholders.

Project Extension

projectStatusCompleted

Budget Extension

annualBudgets
year2011
totalFunds25000.0
totalFunds25000.0

Mount Rainier - Credit: Alan Cressler
Mount Rainier - Credit: Alan Cressler

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Spatial Services

ScienceBase WMS

Communities

  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northwest CASC

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Additional Information

Expando Extension

object
agendas
themes
number1
nameClimate Science & Modeling
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number2
nameResponse of Physical Systems to Climate Change
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number3
nameResponse of Biological Systems to Climate Change
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number4
nameVulnerability and Adaptation
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number5
nameMonitoring and Observation Systems
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number6
nameData, Infrastructure, Analysis, and Modeling
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number7
nameCommunication of Science Findings
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nameNorthwest CSC Agenda
urlhttp://www.doi.gov/csc/northwest/upload/NW-CSC-Science-Agenda-2012-2015.pdf

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