An architecture of government adaptation programs is presented. Components include leadership, institutional organization, stakeholder involvement, climate change information, appropriate use of decision analysis techniques, explicit consideration of barriers to adaptation,...
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Water   Agriculture   Energy  

The Operational Drought Plan, contained herein, is the key component for responding to the current and future drought conditions in Arizona. The Operational Drought Plan recognizes that drought events are natural disasters that touch all sectors of community, region, and...
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Water  

The purpose of this report is to update an earlier Department report on drought published on 2000, with special emphasis on advances in drought-related research. To this end, the report features contributed articles from climate scientists whose research covers a wide range...
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Water  

The purpose of the Drought Plan is to provide a guidance document for recognizing droughts that will affect water supply availability for the City of Boulder and for responding suitably to these droughts. The Drought Plan consists of two volumes that complement each other to...
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Water  

This volume of the Drought Plan contains the more detailed background information and analysis behind the development of the drought response actions contained in Volume 1 – Drought Response Plan. The following technical information and analysis will be of interest to those...
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Water  

The Colorado Department of Natural Resources strategic plan (p. 67) provides that the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) "helps water providers take climate change into account during water resource planning" and will coordinate and provide climate change data that...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Energy  

Droughts, a natural phenomenon, occur with unpredictable frequency and variable intensity. During drought, flows into Denver Water’s reservoirs may be below normal, causing customers to have to reduce their typical water use. In addition, weather conditions in Denver...
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Water  

Memorandum of Understanding to Coordinate and Cooperate in Climate-Related Activities Involving Science, Services, Mitigation, Adaptation, Education and Communication

Talking Points

Ahsha Tribble, NOAA Senior Policy Advisor to the Under Secretary,...
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Water   Wildlife/Forestry  

In the face of accelerating climate change, a conservation effort of unprecedented magnitude and scope will be necessary to maintain viable populations of our fish and wildlife and the functioning ecosystems upon which they depend. The effects of climate change on ecosystems...
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Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation  

Presentation by Levi Brekke, US Department of the Interior. Front Range Group meeting, Denver Water, Denver, CO, 20 March 2009

Water  

Final Report of the Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee

Recognizing the profound consequences that global warming could have on the economy, environment, and quality of life in Montana, Governor Brian Schweitzer issued a letter on December 13, 2005,...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy  

Appendix A Letter From Governor Schweitzer; Appendix B Description of Climate Change Advisory Committee Process; Appendix C Members of Technical Work Groups; Appendix D Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory and Reference Case Projections; Appendix E Methods for...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry   Outdoor Recreation   Energy  

The modernization of our nation’s electrical grid has the potential to make a significant impact on the way Americans use and conserve energy. Simply put, the smart grid is an upgrade of our century-old power grid to a new system which incorporates innovative technologies...
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Energy  

We in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) have committed ourselves to ensuring the sustainability of our nation’s wildlife resources and habitats, recognizing both their intrinsic value and their contribution to our economic prosperity and our quality of life. To...
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Water   Wildlife/Forestry   Energy  

The U.S. Drought Portal is part of the interactive system to: Provide early warning about emerging and anticipated droughts, Assimilate and quality control data about droughts and models, Provide information about risk and impact of droughts to different agencies and...
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Water   Agriculture   Wildlife/Forestry  

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI) Partners have recommended a comprehensive regional effort to reduce emissions of global warming pollution, combining a broad cap-and-trade program with complementary policies to achieve the WCI 2020 regional emissions goal. Complementary...
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Wildlife/Forestry   Energy