Module 6 Implementation

1. Module 6 Implementation Turning Strategies into Action

2. What We’ll Talk About… AGENDA • Guest Speaker: Susanne Torriente • Opportunities for Integration • Group Brainstorm and “Poster Session” • Speed-Dating Exercise • Course Wrap-up

3. You will be able to… • Understand the value and benefits of integrating adaptation strategies into existing plans • Identify opportunities to integrate adaptation strategies into existing community efforts • Recognize opportunities for partnerships to move adaptation efforts forward. 

4. Implementation Advice from Peers… • Don’t get trapped by the climate debate • Focus on an immediate, recognizable threat • Use outside expertise when needed • Don’t wait for perfection • Recognize local values • Use economic and fiscal arguments • Reach out to the community • Start with an existing process • Work with the right department and/or staff • Involve elected officials early • Recognize limited capacity • Make use of regional compacts • Utilize local activists • Look for leadership in unexpected places Science Vulnerability Communication Source: Headwaters Economics, 2012. “Implementing Climate Change Adaptation.”

5. Start with an Existing Process Benefits of Integration: • Access to resources • Tap into existing mechanisms • Acceptance and support for existing mechanisms

6. Governance and Adaptation Examples include: State CZM Program NOAA USAID Local Planning Dept Examples include: Kresge Foundation Center for Clean Air ICLEI NGOs, academia, civic groups, churches and cultural groups, foundations, environmental groups Role: • Conducting research and monitoring • Catalyzing action • Developing solutions • Sharing best practices Civil Sector Government All scales: local, state, regional, federal, international Role: • Regulating performance in key sectors • Setting priorities • Establishing guidelines and options to aid local decision makers • Conducting risk analysis • Providing incentives, funding and authorization to enable local action • Providing technical assistance • Business, industry, insurance • Role: • Establishing and responding to demand for adaptation services • Research and marketing new technologies • Establishing markets for integrated solutions Private Industry Examples include: Allianz Microsoft Corporation HSBC

7. Businesses Take a Leading Role South Carolina Businesses Acting on Rising Seas • Engage their customers to urge elected officials to take action

8. Community Organizations Mobilizing on Climate Change

9. Local Champion: Leah Booher iMatter.org

10. Guest Speaker Susanne Torriente City of Fort Lauderdale

11. BREAK

12. From Planning to Action Table discussion & capture group’s ideas on template Poster session & report-out

13. Planning Frameworks • Which plans can enable or encourage the types of activities you’d like to take? • If so, what would need to be added or revised in order to do so? • Are there established update cycles that could help prompt change?

14. Policies, Laws & Regulations • Do you have policies, laws or regulations that could hinder ability to address impacts of climate change? • Any that could enable adaptation, either as is or with slight modification?

15. Programs, Initiatives & Projects • Where are your staff and funding resources allocated in the next fiscal year? • What programs are in place that are tied to adaptation? • Any projects in the works that could be opportunities to bring adaptation into the fold?

16. Funding Mechanisms • Tax incentives & taxation programs • Repurposing existing funding streams • Capital improvement programs • Stormwater utility • Others??

17. Moving Forward with People and Partnerships • Who manages community resources • Who has assets in the community • Who are the decision-makers in the community • Who could provide additional human, technical or financial resources • Who are the supporters vs. detractors

18. Poster Session Report-out • Were there common examples or ideas shared between groups? • Did the group’s overall focus area impact the ideas they came up with?

19. Committing to Action • What actions will you take in the next week? • What about in the next month? • The next 6 months to a year? Illustration by Sandy Sue

20. SUMMARY Adaptation challenges are often extensions of existing coastal management challenges Many existing frameworks can offer solutions for working through challenges Finding opportunities to integrate adaptation into existing efforts can help jump start adaptation actions

22. Your Feedback Course Goal Understanding of fundamental concepts, latest information, & necessary skills to proactively address impacts of climate change in coastal communities.