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Climate Change & the Puget Sound: Building a Legal Framework for Adaptation

Climate Change & the Puget Sound: Building a Legal Framework for Adaptation . Yee Huang Policy Analyst Center for Progressive Reform yhuang@progressivereform.org. September 13, 2011. What is Adaptation?. Building the Adaptation Framework. Acknowledge uncertainty Increase resilience

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Climate Change & the Puget Sound: Building a Legal Framework for Adaptation

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  1. Climate Change & the Puget Sound: Building a Legal Framework for Adaptation Yee HuangPolicy AnalystCenter for Progressive Reform yhuang@progressivereform.org September 13, 2011

  2. What is Adaptation?

  3. Building the Adaptation Framework • Acknowledge uncertainty • Increase resilience • Rely on natural infrastructure • Incorporate fairness & reduce personal vulnerability • Adopt proactive and precautious strategies • Select strategies with co-benefits • Consider long-term scales for adaptation planning • Avoid maladaptive actions • Maximize the use of existing legislation and tools

  4. Principled Flexibility Fluid Decision-making Allocation of authority Horizontal and vertical integration Trans-governmental networks • Freedom to tailor adaptation response to local conditions within certain boundaries • What are some legal features that ensure principled flexibility?

  5. Changes to the Hydrologic Cycle General Principles Specific Strategies Reform elements of prior appropriation Augment instream flows Improve water quality under the CWA Assist in species migration • Strictly implement and vigorously enforce the Clean Water Act • Quantify Water Resources • Integrate science into law

  6. Sea Level Rise

  7. Sea Level Rise General Principles Specific Strategies Define coastal hazard areas Use the Shoreline Management Act Strengthen public trust doctrine and consider rolling easements • Integrate sea-level rise into planning and decision-making • Use “green infrastructure” • Identify critical impacts on other sectors • Address the needs of historically disadvantaged communities

  8. Increased Average Temperature & Extreme Weather Events General Principles Specific Strategies Disaster Planning Clean Air Act • Adopt an integrated, holistic approach to increase resilience • Consider underlying disparities that affect recovery and adaptation capacity • Adopt strategies with co-benefits

  9. www.progressivereform.orgwww.cprblog.org Special thanks to the Bullitt Foundation for making this project possible.

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