Implementing Instructions for Agency Climate Change Adaptation Planning

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) are working in partnership to further Federal sustainability targets and other management goals.  This includes ensuring that Federal agencies are planning so they can address the impacts of climate change on their operations and assets.

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ADAPTATION FINAL IMPLEMENTING INSTRUCTIONS 3_3.pdf

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Community resilience, or the sustained ability of a community to withstand and recover from adversity has become a key policy issue at federal, state, and local levels, including in the National Health Security Strategy.

Examines ways in which communities can improve their ability to withstand and recover from adversity.

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Adapting to Climate Change: A Call for Federal Leadership

April 2010

BY:

Joel B. Smith, Stratus Consulting, Inc.
Jason M. Vogel, Stratus Consulting, Inc.
Terri L. Cruce
Stephen Seidel, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Heather A. Holsinger, Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Disaster Relief 2.0: The Future of Information Sharing in Humanitarian Emergencies analyzes how the humanitarian community and the emerging volunteer and technical communities worked together in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and recommends ways to improve coordination between these two groups in future emergencies.