Just a quick update on plans for our CoP webinar on March 19th! Denise Imbler with the Apalachee Regional Planning Council will join us and share some lessons-learned from a current project that focuses on disaster planning for local businesses in Franklin County, FL. Attached is a revised webinar announcement!
Marian Hanisko uploaded new…[Read more]

I know I’ve been active on StormSmart the last few days, but I wanted to share one more webinar opportunity with you all:

Please join us for our next Gulf of Mexico Climate Community of Practice Webinar!

Engaging Businesses to Create a More Resilient Coastal Economy

March 19, 2015
1 p.m. central time/2 p.m. eastern time

Please join the Gulf…[Read more]

Sharing a link to the newest version of the Climate Funding Opportunities document compiled for NOAA. Many thanks to Brent Schleck (Coastal Storms Outreach Coordinator with MN Sea Grant) for pulling this together!

This document provides a snapshot of currently available, climate-related funding opportunities (as of January 16, 2015).

The…[Read more]

Save the Date!

The Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Meeting May 19-21, 2015 in St. Pete Beach, Florida!

Your conference planning committee is hard at work, developing a timely and thought-provoking agenda. Anticipated registration fee is $100; online registration will be announced soon.…[Read more]

Thanks to Libby Carnahan for the link to the live stream event on Feb 20th. Also, attached is the flyer for those in the St. Pete, FL area.

http://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/5b8f3a4c63b049128089e9acecc67f701d

Tracie Sempier uploaded new file(s): gerrard-flier.doc to Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice

Thanks to Andy Shepard for sharing this opportunity:
Climate Action in an Era of Congressional Hostility
Come join us Friday – Feb. 20, 2015 for the live stream event.
Mark this event on your calendar on Facebook:

http://on.fb.me/1Dy4KB7

Where: College of Marine Science
140 7th Ave. South
St. Petersburg, FL…[Read more]

Thanks to Dorothy Zimmerman for sharing this webinar announcement! I know lots of you are interested in learning more about climate impacts to natural resources, so check this out:

Where’s My Fish? New Tools to Visualize Climate and Other Impacts on Marine Animals

Join us for a Webinar on Tuesday, December 16

Space is limited
To join the…[Read more]

Another contest…
Solution Search — Reducing Our Risk: Innovation for Disaster Preparation

http://www.solutionsearch.org/contest/reducing-our-risk

2015 ASAP Prize for Progress in Adaptation

The purpose of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals Prize (ASAP – adaptationprofessionals.org) is to improve professional practice in adapting to climate change by highlighting the practices of leading U.S. communities and organizations that have reduced net losses and decreased the…[Read more]

Many of you have probably seen (and perhaps contributed to!) this new climate resilience toolkit. Lots of examples!
toolkit.climate.gov

From the release:
“In response to early input from the Task Force, the Administration has developed the Climate Resilience Toolkit, a website that provides centralized, authoritative, easy-to-use information,…[Read more]

AUMERC and MASGC are pleased to announce the release of the Evaluation Report for the Community Resilience Index. The report details the implementation and evaluation of the CRI. A digital version of the report can be found here: http://masgc.org/assets/uploads/publications/872/cri_evaluation.pdf
and hard copies are available.

I wanted to share a copy of the Risky Business webinar presentation. Many thanks to Jamesine Rogers and Dr. Robert Kopp for sharing this information with us!
Marian Hanisko uploaded new file(s): oct-17-ccp-presentation_1.pdf to Gulf of Mexico Climate Outreach Community of Practice

Don’t forget! Please join the Southeast & Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico Climate Communities of Practice for a look at the potential economic consequences of climate change for the Southeast region of the country as identified in the report titled, “Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States.” We will have 2…[Read more]