Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice
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The Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Program is assembling a Community of Practice to bring extension, outreach, and education (EOE) experts together to identify how to help coastal communities address the potential economic, social, and ecological impacts of Sea Level Rise (SLR) around the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The project will discuss the impacts of SLR through a collaborative project involving the four GOM Sea Grant Programs (Texas, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi-Alabama), NOAA capabilities, and other federal, state and local partners. The project will provide decision makers with reliable information and science-based guidance regarding both the level of risk to their coastal communities and strategies they can promote to effectively adapt to the rising sea level. This project will establish a long-term community of practice among EOE professionals in the Gulf region that will ensure continued dialogue and information exchange on SLR and other climate-change and coastal hazard related issues.
Public Website: http://www.masgc.org/climate/cop/index.html
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Chris Martinez joined the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 4 days, 10 hours ago
Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 6 days, 4 hours ago
EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities (CRWU) assists the water sector (drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities) in addressing climate change impacts. The initiative is hosting a webinar series which will cover a wide range of strategies being used by water utilities for adaptation planning and decision making. Each webinar in the…[Read more]
Marian Hanisko posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 week, 4 days ago
In case you haven’t seen this funding opportunity…
CRest Grant Opportunity
Full description: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=252013
Description: The purpose of this notice is to solicit grant proposals from eligible organizations to implement activities that enhance resilience of coastal communities to natural…[Read more]
Wesley Shaw posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 week, 4 days ago
For those looking for more information on the CRS, there’s a free webinar coming up:
StormSmart » Wesley Shaw | Activity Streams | StormSmart ConnectWesley Shaw posted an update in the group National Flood Insurance Program Community Rating System (CRS)…
Tracie Sempier posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 week, 4 days ago
Registration is now open for the 2014 Climate Community of Practice meeting. Click on the below link to register today!
http://masgc.org/climate-outreach-community-of-practice/annual-meeting-2014
Don’t forget to nominate a deserving individual or community for the Spirit of Community Award. Download nomination instructions…[Read more]
Marian Hanisko posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 week, 6 days ago
Hi everyone! I just wanted to share the link to last week’s webinar titled, “Supporting Climate Change and Outreach Activities in the Community Rating System.” Many thanks to Wes Shaw for providing a great presentation for us! In case you missed it, you can check it out here: …[Read more]
Jody Thompson posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Effects of Biggert-Waters in not-so-coastal Saraland, Alabama.
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Jody Thompson posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 weeks, 4 days ago
NBC News recently published an interesting series on Flood Maps and condos along the Gulf Coast. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are featured. Link to Part Two.
Editor’s Note: This is part two of a…
Jody Thompson posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 weeks, 4 days ago
NBC News recently published an interesting series on Flood Maps and condos along the Gulf Coast. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are featured. Link to Part One.
David Brown posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 4 weeks ago
A new issue of the “Gulf of Mexico Quarterly Climate Summary” report is now available. The Summary, whose production is led by NOAA’s partners at the Southern Regional Climate Center, highlights recent weather- and climate-related impacts across the region and seasonal forecast and outlook information for primarily high-level and non-technical…[Read more]
Marian Hanisko posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month ago
Please join us for our next Gulf of Mexico
Climate Community of Practice Webinar:Supporting Climate Change and Outreach Activities in the
Community Rating System ManualFebruary 25, 2014
1 p.m. central time/2 p.m. eastern timePlease join the Gulf of Mexico Climate Community of Practice (CoP) for an overview of the Community Rating System…[Read more]
UNO-CHART joined the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 1 week ago
Laura Geselbracht posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Dear Friends & Colleagues,
We recently released Coastal Resilience 2.0; a suite of tools that enables decision-makers to assess risk and identify nature-based solutions to reduce socio-economic vulnerability to coastal hazards. These tools, available at http://www.maps.coastalresilience.org, allow you to interactively examine storm surge; sea level…[Read more]
Wesley Shaw posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Marshall Island struggle with sea level rise. Guessing that many of us can relate to some of the frustrations.
Marian Hanisko posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 1 month, 4 weeks ago
Here’s the latest on climate funding opportunities!
Included in this e-mail is a link to the newest version of the Climate Funding Opportunities document. This document provides a snapshot of currently available, climate-related funding opportunities (as of January 15, 2014). We still plan to update this document twice per year, with the next…[Read more]
Marian Hanisko posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 months ago
Here’s some info on an intro CRS webinar that will be offered by FEMA on January 21st:
You are invited to attend a FEMA webinar/training, “Introduction to the Community Rating System.” The Community Rating System (CRS) provides reduced premiums for flood insurance policy holders in communities that implement programs and activities that exceed…[Read more]
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The class filled up almost immediately, but it looks like there’ll be more soon. When I hear, I’ll post back.
Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 months ago
Latest webinar from OSU sounds right up our alley! Jan. 14 at noon EST. Here’s a link to register.
Movement of Climate Change Knowledge Through Social Networks
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Thanks, Heidi. Just signed up for it.
Heidi Stiller posted an update in the group Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice 2 months, 1 week ago
Happy New Year all! For those who haven’t yet seen, this is far and away the most creative example of climate communication I’ve seen lately — the IPCC report in Haiku!
http://daily.sightline.org/2013/12/16/the-entire-ipcc-report-in-19-illustrated-haiku/
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To help get the conversation started, here are a couple of questions from the webinar that we were going to circle back to:
1. Can a member of the PPI Committee be from a nearby local government? Can you cross-share with a neighbor to meet the 50% requirement?
2. What’s the relationship of NFIP to FEMA’s implementation of the Stafford Act? …[Read more]