--- - attrs: .reference_type: 16 Access Year: 2012 Author: 'State of Massachusetts,' Title: 'Massachusetts General Laws, Part I, Title III, Ch. 30, Section 61' URL: http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIII/Chapter30/Section61 Year: 2012 _chapter: '["Ch. 16: Northeast FINAL"]' _record_number: 2935 _uuid: 717aaa1f-0804-4a6e-b333-2f3a3bbcc91c reftype: Web Page child_publication: /webpage/8a1489a7-034c-45f7-b78e-d8b378db35a4 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/717aaa1f-0804-4a6e-b333-2f3a3bbcc91c.yaml identifier: 717aaa1f-0804-4a6e-b333-2f3a3bbcc91c uri: /reference/717aaa1f-0804-4a6e-b333-2f3a3bbcc91c - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'Hardy, Dean; Heather Lazrus; Michael Mendez; Ben Orlove; Isabel Rivera-Collazo; J. Timmons Roberts; Marcy Rockman; Kimberley Thomas; Benjamin P. Warner; Robert Winthrop' Institution: USGCRP Pages: 38 Place Published: 'Washington, DC' Title: 'Social vulnerability: Social science perspectives on climate change, part 1' URL: https://www.globalchange.gov/content/social-science-perspectives-climate-change-workshop Year: 2018 _record_number: 26083 _uuid: 73104463-cc43-4565-ae12-d632d7705dc7 reftype: Report child_publication: /report/social-vulnerability-social-science-perspectives-on-climate-change-part-1 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/73104463-cc43-4565-ae12-d632d7705dc7.yaml identifier: 73104463-cc43-4565-ae12-d632d7705dc7 uri: /reference/73104463-cc43-4565-ae12-d632d7705dc7 - attrs: Author: 'Kunreuther, Howard; Michel-Kerjan, Erwann; Pauly, Mark' DOI: 10.1080/00139157.2013.803884 Date: 2013/07/01 ISSN: 0013-9157 Issue: 4 Journal: 'Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development' Pages: 15-23 Publisher: Routledge Title: 'Making America more resilient toward natural disasters: A call for action' Volume: 55 Year: 2013 _record_number: 24181 _uuid: 752c21df-b039-4e4c-a2e7-9c9d6b2a5dd3 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1080/00139157.2013.803884 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/752c21df-b039-4e4c-a2e7-9c9d6b2a5dd3.yaml identifier: 752c21df-b039-4e4c-a2e7-9c9d6b2a5dd3 uri: /reference/752c21df-b039-4e4c-a2e7-9c9d6b2a5dd3 - attrs: Author: 'Radtke Russell, Pam' Periodical Title: Engineering News-Record Title: 'Special report: How engineers are preparing for sea-level rise' URL: https://www.enr.com/articles/42487-special-report-how-engineers-are-preparing-for-sea-level-rise Year: 2017 _record_number: 24173 _uuid: 75984aed-3a57-4d86-83a1-6e38318bd179 reftype: Electronic Article child_publication: /generic/446c8b5b-785e-4b3f-95ee-4700540fad54 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/75984aed-3a57-4d86-83a1-6e38318bd179.yaml identifier: 75984aed-3a57-4d86-83a1-6e38318bd179 uri: /reference/75984aed-3a57-4d86-83a1-6e38318bd179 - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'CBO,' Institution: Congressional Budget Office Pages: 31 Place Published: 'Washington, DC' Report Number: Publication 49910 Title: 'Public Spending on Transportation and Water Infrastructure, 1956 to 2014' URL: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49910 Year: 2015 _record_number: 25886 _uuid: 759e535a-3c9f-4b7e-886b-2d91421dca36 reftype: Report child_publication: /report/public-spending-on-transportation-water-infrastructure-1956-2014 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/759e535a-3c9f-4b7e-886b-2d91421dca36.yaml identifier: 759e535a-3c9f-4b7e-886b-2d91421dca36 uri: /reference/759e535a-3c9f-4b7e-886b-2d91421dca36 - attrs: .reference_type: 1 Author: 'NRC,' Number of Pages: 144 Place Published: 'Washington, D.C.' Publisher: National Research Council. The National Academies Press Reviewer: 7731977c-70ab-4f6e-bec2-272357e4f71c Title: America’s Climate Choices URL: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12781 Year: 2011 _chapter: '["Ch. 29: Research Needs FINAL","Appendix 4: FAQs FINAL","Ch. 3: Water Resources FINAL"]' _record_number: 2308 _uuid: 7731977c-70ab-4f6e-bec2-272357e4f71c reftype: Book child_publication: /report/nrc-americasclimatechoices-2011 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7731977c-70ab-4f6e-bec2-272357e4f71c.yaml identifier: 7731977c-70ab-4f6e-bec2-272357e4f71c uri: /reference/7731977c-70ab-4f6e-bec2-272357e4f71c - attrs: .reference_type: 9 Author: 'Keeney, Ralph L.; Raiffa, Howard' ISBN: 978-0521438834 Place Published: 'Cambridge, UK' Publisher: Cambridge University Press Title: 'Decisions with Multiple Objectives: Preferences and Value Tradeoffs' Year: 1993 _record_number: 24208 _uuid: 778ce8b0-173f-4e93-90b1-9b933dc88945 reftype: Book child_publication: /book/8c1e8387-d8a8-4cf6-b671-a48131705180 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/778ce8b0-173f-4e93-90b1-9b933dc88945.yaml identifier: 778ce8b0-173f-4e93-90b1-9b933dc88945 uri: /reference/778ce8b0-173f-4e93-90b1-9b933dc88945 - attrs: Author: 'Magis, Kristen' DOI: 10.1080/08941920903305674 Date: 2010/04/05 ISSN: 0894-1920 Issue: 5 Journal: Society & Natural Resources Pages: 401-416 Publisher: Routledge Title: 'Community resilience: An indicator of social sustainability' Volume: 23 Year: 2010 _record_number: 26706 _uuid: 78dc4d76-3faa-4215-a9bd-1cad6fcb08fc reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1080/08941920903305674 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/78dc4d76-3faa-4215-a9bd-1cad6fcb08fc.yaml identifier: 78dc4d76-3faa-4215-a9bd-1cad6fcb08fc uri: /reference/78dc4d76-3faa-4215-a9bd-1cad6fcb08fc - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'Hinkel, Jochen; Sukaina Bharwani; Alexander Bisaro; Timothy Carter; Tracy Cull; Marion Davis; Richard Klein; Kate Lonsdale; Lynn Rosentrater; Katharine Vincent' Institution: 'United Nations Environment Programme, PROVIA Secretariat' Pages: 16 Place Published: 'Nairobi, Kenya' Series Editor: Richard Klein Title: 'PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change' URL: http://www.adaptation-undp.org/sites/default/files/provia-guidance-nov2013-summary.pdf Year: 2013 _record_number: 24203 _uuid: 79a6339f-40c3-44e8-94cf-508335da2332 reftype: Report child_publication: /report/provia-guidance-on-assessing-vulnerability-impacts-adaptation-climate-change href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/79a6339f-40c3-44e8-94cf-508335da2332.yaml identifier: 79a6339f-40c3-44e8-94cf-508335da2332 uri: /reference/79a6339f-40c3-44e8-94cf-508335da2332 - attrs: .reference_type: 1 Access Date: 'February 24, 2012' Author: 'NRC,' Number of Pages: 200 Place Published: 'Washington, D.C.' Publisher: 'National Research Council, Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education. National Academies Press' Reviewer: 7ab8b14a-38c7-4128-b0e3-fe1ab65edac0 Title: Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate URL: http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12626 Year: 2009 _chapter: '["Ch. 26: Decision Support FINAL","RF 12","Ch. 30: NCA Long-Term Process FINAL"]' _record_number: 2294 _uuid: 7ab8b14a-38c7-4128-b0e3-fe1ab65edac0 reftype: Book child_publication: /report/nrc-inform-decisions-2009 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7ab8b14a-38c7-4128-b0e3-fe1ab65edac0.yaml identifier: 7ab8b14a-38c7-4128-b0e3-fe1ab65edac0 uri: /reference/7ab8b14a-38c7-4128-b0e3-fe1ab65edac0 - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'Sankovich, Victoria; Subhrendu Gangopadhyay; Tom Pruitt; R. Jason Caldwell' Institution: USGS Bureau of Reclamation Pages: 41 Place Published: 'Los Angeles, CA' Series Volume: Technical Memorandum No. 86-68210-2013-05 Title: 'Los Angeles Basin Stormwater Conservation Study: Task 3.1. Development of Climate-Adjusted Hydrologic Model Inputs' URL: https://www.usbr.gov/lc/socal/basinstudies/LA-Basin-Study-Report_October2013.pdf Year: 2013 _record_number: 24172 _uuid: 7c6764e3-569f-4b63-a9d6-18271feb389f reftype: Report child_publication: /report/los-angeles-basin-stormwater-conservation-study-task-31-development-climate-adjusted-hydrologic-model-inputs href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7c6764e3-569f-4b63-a9d6-18271feb389f.yaml identifier: 7c6764e3-569f-4b63-a9d6-18271feb389f uri: /reference/7c6764e3-569f-4b63-a9d6-18271feb389f - attrs: Author: 'Flatt, Victor B.' ISSN: 1045-4241 Issue: 1 Journal: Florida Law Review Pages: 269-293 Title: 'Adapting laws for a changing world: A systemic approach to climate change adaptation' URL: https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol64/iss1/6/ Volume: 64 Year: 2012 _record_number: 25883 _uuid: 7cc66df9-a812-432d-940e-f7dd12afdff9 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/adapting-laws-changing-world-systemic-approach-climate-change-adaptation href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7cc66df9-a812-432d-940e-f7dd12afdff9.yaml identifier: 7cc66df9-a812-432d-940e-f7dd12afdff9 uri: /reference/7cc66df9-a812-432d-940e-f7dd12afdff9 - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: "Carpenter, S.R.\rBrock, W.A." ISSN: 1708-3087 Issue: 2 Journal: Ecology and Society Pages: 40 Title: Adaptive capacity and traps URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol13/iss2/art40/ Volume: 13 Year: 2008 _chapter: '["Ch. 28: Adaptation FINAL"]' _record_number: 48 _uuid: 7cf7b8c5-ee08-4aca-a62a-5e4d14e6647d reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/adaptive-capacity-and-traps href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7cf7b8c5-ee08-4aca-a62a-5e4d14e6647d.yaml identifier: 7cf7b8c5-ee08-4aca-a62a-5e4d14e6647d uri: /reference/7cf7b8c5-ee08-4aca-a62a-5e4d14e6647d - attrs: Author: 'Yohe, Gary W.' DOI: 10.1023/a:1010677916703 Date: May 01 ISSN: 1573-1480 Issue: 3 Journal: Climatic Change Pages: 247-262 Title: Mitigative capacity — The mirror image of adaptive capacity on the emissions side Type of Article: journal article Volume: 49 Year: 2001 _record_number: 26467 _uuid: 7d438221-e513-4fcd-9292-c76c98e51811 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1023/a:1010677916703 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7d438221-e513-4fcd-9292-c76c98e51811.yaml identifier: 7d438221-e513-4fcd-9292-c76c98e51811 uri: /reference/7d438221-e513-4fcd-9292-c76c98e51811 - attrs: Author: 'Park, S. E.; Marshall, N. A.; Jakku, E.; Dowd, A. M.; Howden, S. M.; Mendham, E.; Fleming, A.' DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.10.003 Date: 2012/02/01/ ISSN: 0959-3780 Issue: 1 Journal: Global Environmental Change Keywords: Transition management; Decision-making; Resilience; Adaptive capacity; Adaptation Action Cycles Pages: 115-126 Title: Informing adaptation responses to climate change through theories of transformation Volume: 22 Year: 2012 _record_number: 24177 _uuid: 7f82fc68-c98e-49e1-ac20-8193e2b53491 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.10.003 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7f82fc68-c98e-49e1-ac20-8193e2b53491.yaml identifier: 7f82fc68-c98e-49e1-ac20-8193e2b53491 uri: /reference/7f82fc68-c98e-49e1-ac20-8193e2b53491 - attrs: .reference_type: 7 Author: 'Jones, R. N.; Patwardhan, A.; Cohen, S. J.; Dessai, S.; Lammel, A.; Lempert, R. J.; Mirza, M. M. Q.; von Storch, H.' Book Title: 'Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' Editor: 'Field, C. B.; Barros, V. R.; Dokken, D. J.; Mach, K. J.; Mastrandrea, M. D.; Bilir, T. E.; Chatterjee, M.; Ebi, K. L.; Estrada, Y. O.; Genova, R. C.; Girma, B.; Kissel, E. S.; Levy, A. N.; MacCracken, S.; Mastrandrea, P. R.; White, L. L.' Pages: 195-228 Place Published: 'Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA' Publisher: Cambridge University Press Short Title: Foundations for decision making Title: Foundations for decision making Year: 2014 _record_number: 17686 _uuid: 7f8b90be-c5d1-43b5-8b7f-a485ef08c7ec reftype: Book Section child_publication: /report/ipcc-ar5-wg2-parta/chapter/wg2-ar5-chap2-final href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7f8b90be-c5d1-43b5-8b7f-a485ef08c7ec.yaml identifier: 7f8b90be-c5d1-43b5-8b7f-a485ef08c7ec uri: /reference/7f8b90be-c5d1-43b5-8b7f-a485ef08c7ec - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: "Hess, J.J.\rMcDowell, J.Z.\rLuber, G." DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1103515 ISSN: 0091-6765 Issue: 2 Journal: Environmental Health Perspectives Pages: 171-179 Title: 'Integrating climate change adaptation into public health practice: Using adaptive management to increase adaptive capacity and build resilience' URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279431/ Volume: 120 Year: 2012 _chapter: '["Ch. 9: Human Health FINAL","Appendix 1: Process FINAL","Overview"]' _record_number: 978 _uuid: 7f9ac45f-e1d5-4bd5-b55d-c92ef8dcbaaa reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1289/ehp.1103515 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/7f9ac45f-e1d5-4bd5-b55d-c92ef8dcbaaa.yaml identifier: 7f9ac45f-e1d5-4bd5-b55d-c92ef8dcbaaa uri: /reference/7f9ac45f-e1d5-4bd5-b55d-c92ef8dcbaaa - attrs: .reference_type: 9 DOI: 10.1002/9781118474785 Editor: 'Parris, Adam S.; Gregg M. Garfin; Kirstin Dow; Ryan Meyer; Sarah L. Close' ISBN: "9781118474792\r9781118474785" Number of Pages: 274 Place Published: 'Chichester, UK' Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Title: 'Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation' Year: 2016 _record_number: 25881 _uuid: 821bd4c6-8869-4d66-991a-7a4e21dfa367 reftype: Edited Book child_publication: /book/climate-context-science-society-partnering-adaptation href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/821bd4c6-8869-4d66-991a-7a4e21dfa367.yaml identifier: 821bd4c6-8869-4d66-991a-7a4e21dfa367 uri: /reference/821bd4c6-8869-4d66-991a-7a4e21dfa367 - attrs: Abstract: 'Climate change adaptation is a rapidly evolving field in conservation biology and includes a range of strategies from resisting to actively directing change on the landscape. The term ‘climate change resilience,’ frequently used to characterize adaptation strategies, deserves closer scrutiny because it is ambiguous, often misunderstood, and difficult to apply consistently across disciplines and spatial and temporal scales to support conservation efforts. Current definitions of resilience encompass all aspects of adaptation from resisting and absorbing change to reorganizing and transforming in response to climate change. However, many stakeholders are unfamiliar with this spectrum of definitions and assume the more common meaning of returning to a previous state after a disturbance. Climate change, however, is unrelenting and intensifying, characterized by both directional shifts in baseline conditions and increasing variability in extreme events. This ongoing change means that scientific understanding and management responses must develop concurrently, iteratively, and collaboratively, in a science-management partnership. Divergent concepts of climate change resilience impede cross-jurisdictional adaptation efforts and complicate use of adaptive management frameworks. Climate change adaptation practitioners require clear terminology to articulate management strategies and the inherent tradeoffs involved in adaptation. Language that distinguishes among strategies that seek to resist change, accommodate change, and direct change (i.e., persistence, autonomous change, and directed change) is prerequisite to clear communication about climate change adaptation goals and management intentions in conservation areas.' Author: 'Fisichelli, Nicholas A.; Schuurman, Gregor W.; Hoffman, Cat Hawkins' DOI: 10.1007/s00267-015-0650-6 Date: April 01 ISSN: 1432-1009 Issue: 4 Journal: Environmental Management Pages: 753-758 Title: 'Is "resilience" maladaptive? Towards an accurate lexicon for climate change adaptation' Type of Article: journal article Volume: 57 Year: 2016 _record_number: 24185 _uuid: 82569165-69aa-4c87-9105-b00aeeac5d05 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1007/s00267-015-0650-6 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/82569165-69aa-4c87-9105-b00aeeac5d05.yaml identifier: 82569165-69aa-4c87-9105-b00aeeac5d05 uri: /reference/82569165-69aa-4c87-9105-b00aeeac5d05 - attrs: .reference_type: 10 Author: 'IPCC,' Pages: 151 Place Published: 'Geneva, Switzerland' Series Editor: 'Core Writing Team,; R.K. Pachauri; L.A. Meyer' Title: 'Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change' URL: https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/syr/ Year: 2014 _record_number: 26457 _uuid: 8359f36b-30d8-4c57-aff5-9b1dcbee1ec7 reftype: Report child_publication: /report/climate-change-2014-synthesis-report-contribution-working-groups-i-ii-iii-fifth-assessment-report-intergovernmental-panel-on-climate-change href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/8359f36b-30d8-4c57-aff5-9b1dcbee1ec7.yaml identifier: 8359f36b-30d8-4c57-aff5-9b1dcbee1ec7 uri: /reference/8359f36b-30d8-4c57-aff5-9b1dcbee1ec7 - attrs: Abstract: "The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21) highlighted the importance of cities to climate action, as well as the unjust burdens borne by the world's most disadvantaged peoples in addressing climate impacts. Few studies have documented the barriers to redressing the drivers of social vulnerability as part of urban local climate change adaptation efforts, or evaluated how emerging adaptation plans impact marginalized groups. Here, we present a roadmap to reorient research on the social dimensions of urban climate adaptation around four issues of equity and justice: (1) broadening participation in adaptation planning; (2) expanding adaptation to rapidly growing cities and those with low financial or institutional capacity; (3) adopting a multilevel and multi-scalar approach to adaptation planning; and (4) integrating justice into infrastructure and urban design processes. Responding to these empirical and theoretical research needs is the first step towards identifying pathways to more transformative adaptation policies." Author: 'Shi, L. D.; Chu, E.; Anguelovski, I.; Aylett, A.; Debats, J.; Goh, K.; Schenk, T.; Seto, K. C.; Dodman, D.; Roberts, D.; Roberts, J. T.; VanDeveer, S. D.' DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2841 Date: Feb ISSN: 1758-678X Issue: 2 Journal: Nature Climate Change Keywords: Urban; Adaptation; Climate justice Pages: 131-137 Title: Roadmap towards justice in urban climate adaptation research Volume: 6 Year: 2016 _record_number: 22846 _uuid: 8a4248ca-3d8c-4bdb-a28d-292a149733ba reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1038/nclimate2841 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/8a4248ca-3d8c-4bdb-a28d-292a149733ba.yaml identifier: 8a4248ca-3d8c-4bdb-a28d-292a149733ba uri: /reference/8a4248ca-3d8c-4bdb-a28d-292a149733ba - attrs: Abstract: 'Adaptation planning offers a promising approach for identifying and devising solutions to address local climate change impacts. Yet there is little empirical understanding of the content and quality of these plans. We use content analysis to evaluate 44 local adaptation plans in the United States and multivariate regression to examine how plan quality varies across communities. We find that plans draw on multiple data sources to analyse future climate impacts and include a breadth of strategies. Most plans, however, fail to prioritize impacts and strategies or provide detailed implementation processes, raising concerns about whether adaptation plans will translate into on-the-ground reductions in vulnerability. Our analysis also finds that plans authored by the planning department and those that engaged elected officials in the planning process were of higher quality. The results provide important insights for practitioners, policymakers and scientists wanting to improve local climate adaptation planning and action.' Author: 'Woodruff, Sierra C.; Stults, Missy' DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3012 Date: 08//print ISSN: 1758-678X Issue: 8 Journal: Nature Climate Change Pages: 796-802 Publisher: Nature Publishing Group Title: Numerous strategies but limited implementation guidance in US local adaptation plans Type of Article: Article Volume: 6 Year: 2016 _record_number: 21160 _uuid: 8a61b1a7-bb52-496d-86f7-21911efcf5f8 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1038/nclimate3012 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/8a61b1a7-bb52-496d-86f7-21911efcf5f8.yaml identifier: 8a61b1a7-bb52-496d-86f7-21911efcf5f8 uri: /reference/8a61b1a7-bb52-496d-86f7-21911efcf5f8 - attrs: .publisher: Taylor & Francis .reference_type: 0 Access Date: 2013/08/06 Author: "Sussman, Fran\rKrishnan, Nisha\rMaher, Kathryn\rMiller, Rawlings\rMack, Charlotte\rStewart, Paul\rShouse, Kate\rPerkins, Bill" DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2013.777604 Epub Date: 26 Mar 2013 ISSN: 1469-3062 Issue: 2 Journal: Climate Policy Pages: 242-282 Title: 'Climate change adaptation cost in the US: What do we know?' Volume: 14 Year: 2014 _chapter: '["Ch. 28: Adaptation FINAL"]' _record_number: 4247 _uuid: 8b64b417-94b5-4510-94f2-b4a35b53f06d reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1080/14693062.2013.777604 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/8b64b417-94b5-4510-94f2-b4a35b53f06d.yaml identifier: 8b64b417-94b5-4510-94f2-b4a35b53f06d uri: /reference/8b64b417-94b5-4510-94f2-b4a35b53f06d - attrs: .reference_type: 0 Author: 'Bowles, Devin C.; Butler, Colin D.; Friel, Sharon' DOI: 10.1002/2013ef000177 ISSN: 2328-4277 Issue: 2 Journal: Earth's Future Pages: 60-67 Title: Climate change and health in Earth's future Volume: 2 Year: 2014 _chapter: Ch7 _record_number: 16490 _uuid: 8bab3a73-3935-477f-be6e-bd6ee92e5e28 reftype: Journal Article child_publication: /article/10.1002/2013ef000177 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/8bab3a73-3935-477f-be6e-bd6ee92e5e28.yaml identifier: 8bab3a73-3935-477f-be6e-bd6ee92e5e28 uri: /reference/8bab3a73-3935-477f-be6e-bd6ee92e5e28 - attrs: .reference_type: 9 Abstract: 'Across the United States, impacts of climate change are already evident. Heat waves have become more frequent and intense, cold extremes have become less frequent, and patterns of rainfall are likely changing. The proportion of precipitation that falls as rain rather than snow has increased across the western United States and Arctic sea ice has been reduced significantly. Sea level has been rising faster than at any time in recent history, threatening the natural and built environments on the coasts. Even if emissions of greenhouse gases were substantially reduced now, climate change and its resulting impacts would continue for some time to come. To date, decisions related to the management and protection of the nation's people, resources, and infrastructure have been based on records in the recent past, when climate was relatively stable. Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, part of the congressionally requested America's Climate Choices suite of studies, calls for a new paradigm-one that considers a range of possible future climate conditions and impacts that may be well outside the realm of past experience. Adaptation requires actions from many decision makers in federal, state, tribal, and local governments; the private sector; non-governmental organizations; and community groups. However, current efforts are hampered by a lack of solid information about the benefits, costs, and effectiveness of various adaptation options; climate information on regional and local scales; and a lack of coordination. Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change calls for a national adaptation strategy that provides needed technical and scientific resources, incentives to begin adaptation planning, guidance across jurisdictions, shared lessons learned, and support of scientific research to expand knowledge of impacts and adaptation.' Author: 'National Research Council,' DOI: 10.17226/12783 ISBN: 978-0-309-14591-6 Keywords: Earth Sciences; Environment and Environmental Studies Language: English Place Published: 'Washington, DC' Publisher: The National Academies Press Title: Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change Year: 2010 _record_number: 26482 _uuid: 8e306a61-3c1a-4e11-a8ad-710df434f4b9 reftype: Book child_publication: /report/nrc-adaptingtoimpactsofclimatechange-2010 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/8e306a61-3c1a-4e11-a8ad-710df434f4b9.yaml identifier: 8e306a61-3c1a-4e11-a8ad-710df434f4b9 uri: /reference/8e306a61-3c1a-4e11-a8ad-710df434f4b9