[SEMCO] Reminder: Sign-up for Climate Change Workshop

[Surgeon-Rogers, Tonna-Marie (DCR)]

PLAN TO PROTECT
How Communities Can Prepare for Climate Change
 
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Terrace Room, Hyannis Golf Club
Route 132, Hyannis
 
Workshop Description:
Much effort is being expended in the scientific community to better
understand our climate system and how people and ecosystems influence
and may be affected by climatic shifts.  Most scientists now agree that
climate as we know it is changing.  Impacts from global climate change
including increased temperatures, sea level rise and more intense storms
are already being felt.    Recent model projections indicate that the
future climate regime will be different than that of the past.  As a
result, relying on historic climate data alone will not be sufficient to
adequately plan for the future.   

 

In order to protect people, infrastructure and the environment,
communities will need to enter a new era of planning that specifically
integrates changing climate dynamics.  This type of adaptive planning is
neither easy nor straightforward given that resources are limited and
there is uncertainty in climate predictions.  Decision-makers therefore
need practical information and guidance to support this process.
Ultimately, unless advancements in our understanding of climate become
incorporated into the fabric of decision-making at the local level, they
fall short of benefiting the public good.  

 

The Plan to Protect workshop will showcase examples of communities
within and outside the state that are engaging in adaptation planning.
These case studies can serve as models to other communities and will
help local decision-makers learn about how to begin this process.
Topics to be addressed include sea level rise, storms, stormwater,
wastewater and fires.  Participants will spend time extracting
transferable lessons and practices relevant to their context.   The
workshop will also kick-off an opportunity for towns on Cape Cod to
receive technical assistance to develop climate adaptation plans. 

 

Please see the attached 2 -page brochure for agenda details.

 

Target Audience:  Selectmen, town administrators, planners, planning
boards, engineers, DPW Directors, conservation commissions, coastal
managers, emergency managers, natural resource managers, wastewater
committees and environmental organizations.
 
Registration: Please see the attached brochure for details or click on
the event in the calendar at www.waquoitbayreserve.org.
 
Kind regards,
Tonna-Marie Rogers

Coastal Training Program Coordinator

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Tel: 508-457-0495 ext. 110

 
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