Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Hazards: The Basics

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on Tue, 2023-05-09 08:58

Source: 
NOAA Office for Coastal Management Digital Coast
Module time (hr:min): 
1:00
Difficulty scale: 
Beginner
Image: 
Sand dunes with a clear blue sky in the background
Type of Training: 
Online, Self-Guided
Category: 
Climate Change
Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
Module Description: 
Learn an approach for identifying your community’s coastal hazard issues, ecosystem services that can reduce hazard impacts, and green infrastructure practices that can provide those services. Develop the beginnings of a community green infrastructure plan.
Region: 
U.S. Caribbean
Southwest
Southern Great Plains
Southeast
Northwest
Hawai'i and Pacific Islands
Great Lakes
International
Northeast
National
Alaska

GIS for Climate Resilience

Submitted by luann.dahlman on Mon, 2022-12-05 18:06

External Link: 
https://gis-for-climate-resilience-learngis.hub.arcgis.com/
Source: 
Esri
Module time (hr:min): 
15:00
Difficulty scale: 
Intermediate
Image: 
splashscreen
Type of Training: 
Online, Self-Guided
Category: 
Climate Change
Climate Adaptation & Mitigation
Communication
Strategic Planning
Module Description: 
An ArcGIS Tutorial Series to help users apply the geographic approach for climate resilience planning. Using a climate resilience planning process—the Steps to Resilience documented in the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit—this curriculum is designed to help you use geographic information systems to document climate hazards that could harm the people and places you care about, decide which situations you most want to avoid, and come up with workable solutions to reduce your climate-related risks.
Region: 
U.S. Caribbean
Southwest
Southern Great Plains
Southeast
Northwest
Hawai'i and Pacific Islands
Great Lakes
Midwest
Northern Great Plains
Northeast
National
Alaska

Puerto Rico’s State of the Climate 2014—2021

Submitted by ashlyn.shore on Thu, 2022-10-13 11:28

Published by the Puerto Rico Climate Change Council, this report presents the social and ecological vulnerabilities amid changing climate conditions in Puerto Rico from 2014-2021. Each of the four working groups provide an assessment of:

  • Geophysical and Chemical Scientific Knowledge
  • Ecology and Biodiversity
  • Society and Economy
  • Communications and Outreach
URL to Main Site for Report: 
https://www.pr-ccc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PR_StateOfTheClimate_2014-2021…
Display Image: 
Screenshot of PR State of the Climate report cover image
Scope: 
Regional
Content: 
Vulnerability Assessments
Published: 
September, 2022
State: 
Puerto Rico
Topic: 
Coasts
Ecosystems
Food
Health
Water
Energy
Marine
Issuing Agencies: 
Puerto Rico Climate Change Council
Region: 
U.S. Caribbean

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