Anthony Flint of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy talks about the innovative nature of the federal response to Hurricane Sandy, and where financing for resiliency initiatives might come from.
NJ Future Lincoln Institute Resiliency Symposium 10 30-14 FlintNew Jersey Future
Anthony Flint from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy talks about the innovative nature of the federal response to Hurricane Sandy, and where financing for resiliency initiatives might come from.
The document discusses addressing mitigation at the federal level. It outlines that compact, energy-efficient development that puts homes and businesses close together can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It then lists several federal resources and tools that can help with mitigation efforts, such as GreenDOT and FEMA's flood insurance program. Finally, it discusses ways the EPA is protecting vulnerable communities from climate change, such as launching resilience programs and developing regional climate information.
This presentation talks about what community resilience is and how it is used in the Bay area. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
This presentation was given by Arrietta Chakos, ABAG Policy Advisor. Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grpIvT-V2ms
This presentation was by Jason Vogel of Abt Associates and is about community-based adaptation in the United States. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3nmYTYAQPg
This document discusses the evolution of resilience in the UK from 2004 to 2014. It outlines key frameworks for resilience, including the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004, the five Rs model of 2011, and the 2014 British Standard for organizational resilience. It also describes the government's approach to resilience, which includes identifying and assessing risks, building resilience capabilities, and evaluating performance through exercises and real-life events. Communities and infrastructure owners play a role alongside government in increasing resilience. Examples provided include the Communities Prepared Hub and winter preparedness information. The understanding of resilience has expanded to include community and infrastructure resilience based on recommendations from reports on disasters like the 2007 floods.
Presentation - Scaling up nature-based solutions to address water-related cli...OECD Environment
Hungary faces several challenges regarding nature-based solutions (NBS) to address water-related climate risks. There is low awareness of NBS and a lack of supportive legal and regulatory frameworks. Expertise needs strengthening as grey infrastructure projects often dominate. However, political and economic factors could support NBS, and Hungary has local expertise and networks. The Structural Reform Support Programme aims to mainstream NBS into policies and help municipalities enforce green-blue infrastructure. Related strategies and projects include the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and an INTERREG program for the Tisza River Basin. Useful links provide studies, meetings, and examples of NBS projects in Hungarian municipalities.
This presentation gives a bilateral development partner perspective of mainstreaming biodiversity and environment in the Mekong region. It gives a brief introduction to development and environment trends in the Mekong region, mainstreaming challenges, Finland's development policy tools to mainstream environment and biodiversity, and lessons learnt.
NJ Future Lincoln Institute Resiliency Symposium 10 30-14 FlintNew Jersey Future
Anthony Flint from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy talks about the innovative nature of the federal response to Hurricane Sandy, and where financing for resiliency initiatives might come from.
The document discusses addressing mitigation at the federal level. It outlines that compact, energy-efficient development that puts homes and businesses close together can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It then lists several federal resources and tools that can help with mitigation efforts, such as GreenDOT and FEMA's flood insurance program. Finally, it discusses ways the EPA is protecting vulnerable communities from climate change, such as launching resilience programs and developing regional climate information.
This presentation talks about what community resilience is and how it is used in the Bay area. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
This presentation was given by Arrietta Chakos, ABAG Policy Advisor. Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grpIvT-V2ms
This presentation was by Jason Vogel of Abt Associates and is about community-based adaptation in the United States. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
Watch the presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3nmYTYAQPg
This document discusses the evolution of resilience in the UK from 2004 to 2014. It outlines key frameworks for resilience, including the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004, the five Rs model of 2011, and the 2014 British Standard for organizational resilience. It also describes the government's approach to resilience, which includes identifying and assessing risks, building resilience capabilities, and evaluating performance through exercises and real-life events. Communities and infrastructure owners play a role alongside government in increasing resilience. Examples provided include the Communities Prepared Hub and winter preparedness information. The understanding of resilience has expanded to include community and infrastructure resilience based on recommendations from reports on disasters like the 2007 floods.
Presentation - Scaling up nature-based solutions to address water-related cli...OECD Environment
Hungary faces several challenges regarding nature-based solutions (NBS) to address water-related climate risks. There is low awareness of NBS and a lack of supportive legal and regulatory frameworks. Expertise needs strengthening as grey infrastructure projects often dominate. However, political and economic factors could support NBS, and Hungary has local expertise and networks. The Structural Reform Support Programme aims to mainstream NBS into policies and help municipalities enforce green-blue infrastructure. Related strategies and projects include the EU Strategy for the Danube Region and an INTERREG program for the Tisza River Basin. Useful links provide studies, meetings, and examples of NBS projects in Hungarian municipalities.
This presentation gives a bilateral development partner perspective of mainstreaming biodiversity and environment in the Mekong region. It gives a brief introduction to development and environment trends in the Mekong region, mainstreaming challenges, Finland's development policy tools to mainstream environment and biodiversity, and lessons learnt.
Uganda has experienced mainstreaming biodiversity through its UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN).
The presentation outlines Uganda's experience with BIOFIN, including taking stock of biodiversity facts, policies, expenditures and developing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. It also discusses other biodiversity funding mechanisms and the process of mainstreaming biodiversity into national development plans and infrastructure projects.
Key challenges to mainstreaming include limited funding, population growth, lack of data, and prioritizing physical infrastructure over natural resources. However, opportunities exist in areas like value addition to biodiversity products, improved markets, employment, and developing payment for ecosystem services programs.
Federal agencies in the US are required to analyze climate risks, develop adaptation plans, and examine how to support state and local adaptation efforts. There are challenges to climate resilient development in the US, as decision making is often delegated to states and communities who face competing priorities, lack of political will and budget constraints, and disagreements over potential "winners and losers" of regulatory changes. Political support and overcoming these challenges are important issues in climate adaptation efforts in the US.
Presentation on managing climate risk through ecosystem-based adaptation – linking urban and rural development planning by Tomonori Sudo (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
Climate change and NY EDEN presented at Northeast Joint Summer Session Ithaca...Keith G. Tidball
A presentation outlining new developments and innovations within the NY Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) and program area , especially dealing with climate change and the agriculture & natural resources sectors.
The document discusses adopting the Bexar County Hazard Mitigation Plan, which is required to be eligible for pre-disaster and post-disaster funding from FEMA. It provides background on the plan, including that it identifies natural and human-caused hazards in Bexar County, assesses capabilities to implement mitigation projects, and considers projects eligible for funding to mitigate hazards like flooding, wildfires, and storms. Adopting the plan would allow Bexar County and participating jurisdictions to directly apply to FEMA for certain grant funding.
Presented by Antonio L. Fernandez (Sr. Coordinator for the People’s Survival Fund, Climate Change Commission/Office of the President, Philippines) at the 2nd Targeted Topics Forum, Jamaica, March 2016
This presentation gives an overview of how the EU has been mainstreaming biodiversity into development strategies, policies, plans and budgets, from both a qualitative and a quantitative perspective.
Mexico: National Policy on Adaptation to Climate Change | Eduardo Robelo Gonz...NAP Global Network
Presentation by Eduardo Robelo González, SEMARNAT, as part of a Targeted Topics Forum on financing National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. This event was held in Mexico City in June 2017.
Dr. Kwame Emmanuel Build Better Jamaica Presentation at Caribbean School of A...BuildBetterJamaica
Build Better Jamaica spokesperson Dr. Kwame Emmanuel presents an overview of Build Better Jamaica project, "Developing Design Concepts for Climate Change Resilient Buildings" at the Caribbean School of Architecture, University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica.
Climate Change Increases the Tension between Droughts and FloodsOECD Governance
This document discusses how climate change is increasing tensions between droughts and floods. It provides the following key points:
1) Strong evidence shows climate change is causing more severe droughts and heavy precipitation events, intensifying the tension between droughts and floods.
2) Droughts and floods are closely related - as precipitation patterns change, drought-prone and flood-prone areas are shifting.
3) Both droughts and floods pose risks to global and national security by potentially exacerbating other challenges like food insecurity and infrastructure damage. Preparedness and resilience measures are needed to reduce impacts.
UNEP Session - Supporting Policy through Education - No More Plastic Bags i...Bryan Nyakwar Dani
Organized by UN Environment together with Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority at the 9th World Environmental Education Congress, the event presented the recent plastic bags ban introduced by the Government of Kenya, including the use, manufacture and import of any plastic bags in the country. The event also explored the education initiatives that accompanied the ban and discussed their impact on public opinion, uptake and media coverage.
More info: http://www.unep.org/training/content/weec-2017-supporting-policy-through-education-%E2%80%93-no-more-plastic-bags-kenya#overlay-context=
6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016 Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities. 28 August - 01 September 2016 in Davos, Switzerland
The document discusses climate change policy and initiatives in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines experiences increasing temperatures, more cyclones, and changes to rainfall patterns due to climate change. The Climate Change Act of 2009 established the Climate Change Commission to coordinate climate policy and the National Climate Change Action Plan to outline adaptation and mitigation strategies. The plan aims to build resilience through 2028. It also discusses localizing climate efforts, tracking climate spending, and partnerships to address climate change impacts in the Philippines.
Myanmar is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. The GFDRR initiated an in-depth dialogue on DRR, leveraging three World Bank projects totaling $353 million with a focus on recovery and reconstruction. The GFDRR and the World Bank supported the Government of Myanmar with a rapid PDNA and mobilization of disaster recovery financing.
An economist, Philip H. Brown has nearly two decades of experience writing papers for academic audiences. Among his recent works as an economist with an emphasis on the environment, Philip H. Brown has focused on natural disasters and adaptation in relation to climate change.
This presentation discusses how practitioner's of mitigation can create and design new programs to make a change in the new normal. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
Ed Thomas is a President of NHMA, Floodplain Manager, Disaster Response & Recovery Specialist, and a practicing Attorney. His primary concern is the prevention of misery to disaster victims, the public purse, and to the environment. Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation through advocacy and development of locally orientated policies and procedures with a strong economic, moral and legal foundation is his chosen method of accomplishing this goal.
Watch the video presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0NI4hN0e8
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, a tool for making slideshows. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation and sharing it on SlideShare. In just one sentence, it pitches the idea of using Haiku Deck to easily create engaging slideshow presentations.
Dog bites have cost the U.S. insurance industry nearly $500 million, causing insurance companies to refuse coverage to homeowners with certain breeds. Obtaining the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen designation for your dog, which requires passing temperament tests showing the dog is well-trained and non-aggressive, may help homeowners get insurance coverage despite owning a restricted breed. The designation involves training classes and an evaluation to certify the dog will not bite or threaten other dogs or people.
Uganda has experienced mainstreaming biodiversity through its UNDP Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN).
The presentation outlines Uganda's experience with BIOFIN, including taking stock of biodiversity facts, policies, expenditures and developing a National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. It also discusses other biodiversity funding mechanisms and the process of mainstreaming biodiversity into national development plans and infrastructure projects.
Key challenges to mainstreaming include limited funding, population growth, lack of data, and prioritizing physical infrastructure over natural resources. However, opportunities exist in areas like value addition to biodiversity products, improved markets, employment, and developing payment for ecosystem services programs.
Federal agencies in the US are required to analyze climate risks, develop adaptation plans, and examine how to support state and local adaptation efforts. There are challenges to climate resilient development in the US, as decision making is often delegated to states and communities who face competing priorities, lack of political will and budget constraints, and disagreements over potential "winners and losers" of regulatory changes. Political support and overcoming these challenges are important issues in climate adaptation efforts in the US.
Presentation on managing climate risk through ecosystem-based adaptation – linking urban and rural development planning by Tomonori Sudo (Japan International Cooperation Agency)
Climate change and NY EDEN presented at Northeast Joint Summer Session Ithaca...Keith G. Tidball
A presentation outlining new developments and innovations within the NY Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) and program area , especially dealing with climate change and the agriculture & natural resources sectors.
The document discusses adopting the Bexar County Hazard Mitigation Plan, which is required to be eligible for pre-disaster and post-disaster funding from FEMA. It provides background on the plan, including that it identifies natural and human-caused hazards in Bexar County, assesses capabilities to implement mitigation projects, and considers projects eligible for funding to mitigate hazards like flooding, wildfires, and storms. Adopting the plan would allow Bexar County and participating jurisdictions to directly apply to FEMA for certain grant funding.
Presented by Antonio L. Fernandez (Sr. Coordinator for the People’s Survival Fund, Climate Change Commission/Office of the President, Philippines) at the 2nd Targeted Topics Forum, Jamaica, March 2016
This presentation gives an overview of how the EU has been mainstreaming biodiversity into development strategies, policies, plans and budgets, from both a qualitative and a quantitative perspective.
Mexico: National Policy on Adaptation to Climate Change | Eduardo Robelo Gonz...NAP Global Network
Presentation by Eduardo Robelo González, SEMARNAT, as part of a Targeted Topics Forum on financing National Adaptation Plan (NAP) processes. This event was held in Mexico City in June 2017.
Dr. Kwame Emmanuel Build Better Jamaica Presentation at Caribbean School of A...BuildBetterJamaica
Build Better Jamaica spokesperson Dr. Kwame Emmanuel presents an overview of Build Better Jamaica project, "Developing Design Concepts for Climate Change Resilient Buildings" at the Caribbean School of Architecture, University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica.
Climate Change Increases the Tension between Droughts and FloodsOECD Governance
This document discusses how climate change is increasing tensions between droughts and floods. It provides the following key points:
1) Strong evidence shows climate change is causing more severe droughts and heavy precipitation events, intensifying the tension between droughts and floods.
2) Droughts and floods are closely related - as precipitation patterns change, drought-prone and flood-prone areas are shifting.
3) Both droughts and floods pose risks to global and national security by potentially exacerbating other challenges like food insecurity and infrastructure damage. Preparedness and resilience measures are needed to reduce impacts.
UNEP Session - Supporting Policy through Education - No More Plastic Bags i...Bryan Nyakwar Dani
Organized by UN Environment together with Kenya’s National Environment Management Authority at the 9th World Environmental Education Congress, the event presented the recent plastic bags ban introduced by the Government of Kenya, including the use, manufacture and import of any plastic bags in the country. The event also explored the education initiatives that accompanied the ban and discussed their impact on public opinion, uptake and media coverage.
More info: http://www.unep.org/training/content/weec-2017-supporting-policy-through-education-%E2%80%93-no-more-plastic-bags-kenya#overlay-context=
6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016 Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities. 28 August - 01 September 2016 in Davos, Switzerland
The document discusses climate change policy and initiatives in the Philippines. It notes that the Philippines experiences increasing temperatures, more cyclones, and changes to rainfall patterns due to climate change. The Climate Change Act of 2009 established the Climate Change Commission to coordinate climate policy and the National Climate Change Action Plan to outline adaptation and mitigation strategies. The plan aims to build resilience through 2028. It also discusses localizing climate efforts, tracking climate spending, and partnerships to address climate change impacts in the Philippines.
Myanmar is one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries. The GFDRR initiated an in-depth dialogue on DRR, leveraging three World Bank projects totaling $353 million with a focus on recovery and reconstruction. The GFDRR and the World Bank supported the Government of Myanmar with a rapid PDNA and mobilization of disaster recovery financing.
An economist, Philip H. Brown has nearly two decades of experience writing papers for academic audiences. Among his recent works as an economist with an emphasis on the environment, Philip H. Brown has focused on natural disasters and adaptation in relation to climate change.
This presentation discusses how practitioner's of mitigation can create and design new programs to make a change in the new normal. This presentation was given at the Natural Hazard Mitigation Association's annual Symposium held every July in Broomfield, Colorado.
Ed Thomas is a President of NHMA, Floodplain Manager, Disaster Response & Recovery Specialist, and a practicing Attorney. His primary concern is the prevention of misery to disaster victims, the public purse, and to the environment. Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation through advocacy and development of locally orientated policies and procedures with a strong economic, moral and legal foundation is his chosen method of accomplishing this goal.
Watch the video presentation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy0NI4hN0e8
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, a tool for making slideshows. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation and sharing it on SlideShare. In just one sentence, it pitches the idea of using Haiku Deck to easily create engaging slideshow presentations.
Dog bites have cost the U.S. insurance industry nearly $500 million, causing insurance companies to refuse coverage to homeowners with certain breeds. Obtaining the American Kennel Club's Canine Good Citizen designation for your dog, which requires passing temperament tests showing the dog is well-trained and non-aggressive, may help homeowners get insurance coverage despite owning a restricted breed. The designation involves training classes and an evaluation to certify the dog will not bite or threaten other dogs or people.
Ingrid is the owner and operator of Swiss-Master Chocolatier, an upscale chocolate shop Toronto, Ontario, Canada. November 2015. This issue features a number of other amazing women.
The document discusses software testing, providing definitions and explanations of key concepts. It defines software testing as identifying correctness, completeness, security and quality of software. It also describes test levels from unit to acceptance testing and distinguishes between white box and black box testing. Test cases, scripts, suites and scenarios are defined. The software testing cycle and roles in testing are outlined.
The document discusses debates around China's One-Child Policy. While some critics claim the policy has caused problems like an aging population, the Chinese government denies this. In reality, illegal extra children and underreported births mean China won't face serious workforce or aging issues. The document argues aging populations are an inevitable result of development, not a problem, and that addressing economic and social factors can help deal with aging societies. It also argues that abandoning the One-Child Policy would not solve issues like sex-selective abortion and an preference for boys, which are more cultural problems. Overall it concludes the One-Child Policy should continue to be implemented for China's future.
Presentation by Dr. Richard Klein and Mr. Michel van Winden, Global Center on Adaptation, as part of the Peer Learning Summit (PLS) in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Future directions for land and resource conservation in California. Presentation I gave at UC Santa Cruz in 2013 regarding working lands conservation and opportunities for environmental markets
1. The National Disaster Operation Centre (NDOC) was established in 1998 to coordinate disaster management in Kenya in response to adverse weather events and terrorist attacks.
2. NDOC monitors disasters 24/7, coordinates response efforts between government ministries and other stakeholders, and works to build national disaster preparedness and response capacity.
3. Climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of disasters in Kenya through impacts like increased flooding, droughts, disease outbreaks, and damage to agriculture and biodiversity. NDOC plays a key role in national climate change adaptation efforts through its coordination of mitigation and response activities.
National plan climate changes resilience for smalls islandsFlorin777
Small islands are unique and largely self-contained ecosystems. Their existence owes much to their existing environmental endowment. Preparation and understanding what sustains islands, and how they will be affected by future climate changes is an important concern.
Two thirds of the countries with the highest disaster losses relative to GDP are small island states – with average annual losses between 1 and 9 percent of GDP. Losses of this magnitude are an enormous burden on a country’s budget and fiscal position, with serious consequences for growth and development prospects.
They therefore represent particularly fertile sites to look at the interplay of resilience, vulnerability and adaptation.
The document summarizes research on the local implementation of stormwater programs in Tennessee under the NPDES Phase II program. It finds that there is variation in ability across local governments to implement requirements. Factors like political will and innovative program managers influence outcomes. Challenges include costs, but some communities innovate to reduce costs through regional collaboration, education, and diversifying funding. Relationships and collaboration also help strengthen programs. The research concludes local governments would benefit from increased regional cooperation, and political support is critical for successful implementation.
- Nigel Asquith has over 20 years of experience researching and implementing conservation projects, including founding a Bolivian NGO and directing the $17 million EcoFund Foundation in Ecuador
- He has a Ph.D. in tropical ecology from Duke University and has held research positions at Harvard and CIFOR
- Asquith has extensive experience managing grants, raising funds, developing policy, and providing technical expertise in payments for ecosystem services, conservation incentives, and impacts of the oil/gas industry on biodiversity
“Planning for Future Funding: How to create a community comprehensive plan with federal funding in mind”
Thinking about federal grants when developing a comprehensive plan for your community can help you get a head start on successfully applying, submitting and receiving federal funding.
Detailed comprehensive plans and federal funding grants need some of the same elements to thrive. Writing about the vision for investing in a community’s empty brownfields, affordable housing and economic development needs, and health issues can serve as a platform in applying for federal grants. These aspirations, when effectively written and documented, can be used as the basis for grant applications. If a community identifies its needs as part of the planning process, it can, as part of a continuous proposal building process, pinpoint which grants will help meet those needs.
Federal grants are available for communities with an integrated vision for connecting economic development, community development, and environmental protection to create greater livability.
Illinois ResourceNet (IRN) and the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMPA) are working together on a series of free webinars to help communities strengthen their capacity to apply successfully for available federal funding opportunities.
In this webinar, “Planning for Funding: How to create a comprehensive plan with federal funding in mind,” Deborah Orr, EPA Region 5 Brownfields Coordinator, will moderate the session and explain why comprehensive community planning should be an integral part of the federal funding process.
Michael McAfee, Community Planning and Development Representative with HUD's Chicago office, will demonstrate how to use a comprehensive plan and the sustainable practices built into it to facilitate the continuous development of federal funding proposals.
Susan Kaplan, technical assistance provider for Illinois ResourceNet at the University of Illinois, will offer examples of how a community plan can be used to help identify relevant federal grant opportunities and develop persuasive grant applications.
Free Webinar held on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Costa Rica has established ambitious climate goals including achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 as outlined in its National Decarbonization Plan.
- Costa Rica's climate policies and commitments are grounded in the best available science from the IPCC and are regularly updated to incorporate new findings.
- Defining climate goals and plans out to 2050 allows Costa Rica to take a more strategic approach to updating its short-term climate commitments and policies to ensure they are aligned with and help achieve its long-term decarbonization aims.
- Costa Rica is using innovative planning methodologies like robust decision making, assumption-based planning, and co-creation with stakeholders to develop climate plans and commitments that are comprehensive and future-proof
National Policy on Disaster management 2009Vishwa Sharma
The National Policy on Disaster Management 2009 outlines India's policy for reducing risks and losses from disasters. Key points:
1. The Disaster Management Act of 2009 provides the legal framework and establishes agencies like the National Disaster Management Authority and state and district authorities to oversee disaster management.
2. The policy focuses on prevention, mitigation and preparedness like evaluating infrastructure, training, and standard procedures.
3. It also covers disaster response, relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction, capacity building, knowledge management and technology to minimize losses from natural or man-made disasters.
Community-based adaptation (CBA) empowers local communities to plan for and cope with climate change impacts based on their priorities, knowledge, and needs. In Bangladesh, CBA projects focus on drought, flooding, water scarcity, and natural resource management. The CBA program builds community adaptive capacity and reduces climate risks by working with local people and influencing policy. However, CBA faces challenges in attracting sufficient long-term funding and integrating local projects into national adaptation efforts.
The document proposes establishing the "Friends of the Dryline" public-private partnership to support New York City's efforts to implement coastal resiliency projects along the East River from E 23rd St to Battery Place, known as the "Dryline Area". This would involve securing $1 billion in private financing to supplement the $335 million HUD grant for the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project. Private funds could be raised from pension funds and through a progressive surcharge on property and casualty insurance policies in the Dryline Area. Establishing the partnership now would allow for integrated planning and design of the full resiliency network to save costs compared to implementing projects individually over time.
The Natural Resilience Fund (NRF) was created to provide funding for climate resilience projects in New York, especially in New York City. The founder, Eric Kaufman, was inspired to create the NRF after studying climate resilience and realizing the significant need for funding to adapt to climate change effects. The NRF seeks to raise funds through tax credits for individuals and groups contributing to approved resilience projects. It aims to fill funding gaps identified by government plans and fund up to 10% of eligible project costs through private sector grants. The NRF estimates it could raise $71 million annually with a 1.5% participation rate from New York taxpayers, or $1 billion annually with contributions from 100,000 taxpayers. Funds would
The Ocean Watch open data platform delivers science to policy makers developing sustainable ocean economies and operationalizing integrated ocean management.
Learn more: https://oceanwatchdata.org
Soalr Ready NWI: U.S Department Of Energy SunShot Initiative Rooftop Solar Ch...South Shore Clean Cities
Anyone interested in clean energy, especially residential and commercial Photovoltaic, green builders, homeowners, solar installers and local government officials, is invited to view these slides.
These slides cover Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s Rooftop Solar Challenge II Grant: Purpose and Goals, Rooftop Solar 101 Benefits and Barriers, Solar Myth Busters and Best Practices.
Detailed comprehensive plans and federal funding grants need some of the same elements to thrive. If a community identifies its needs as part of the planning process, it can, as part of a continuous proposal building process, pinpoint which grants will help meet those needs. Federal grants are available for communities with an integrated vision for connecting economic development, community development, and environmental protection to create greater livability. This session will explain why comprehensive community planning should be an integral part of the federal funding process to help facilitate the continuous development of proposals.
Guidelines - Climate Resilient Village Development Planning in Sri LankaIndu Abeyratne
This document provides guidelines for implementing climate resilient village development planning in Sri Lanka. It was developed under the Climate Change Adaptation Project supported by UNDP. The guidelines consist of a 5-step process to mainstream disaster risk management and climate change adaptation into local development planning to build resilient communities. Step 1 involves strengthening the divisional development planning mechanism to facilitate integrated planning among stakeholders. Step 2 is the selection and mobilization of community institutions. Step 3 is conducting climate change and disaster risk assessments. Step 4 is risk-sensitive village development planning. Step 5 is participatory implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The overall aim is to provide tools to incorporate risk considerations into local planning and development programs to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience.
Presentation - Adapting to a changing climate in the management of coastal zo...OECD Environment
Presentation - Adapting to a changing climate in the management of coastal zones meeting, Enhancing Climate Resilience through the National Coastal zone management program - Laura Petes (USA)
The document discusses India's strategies and efforts around mitigation of natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes. It outlines several key initiatives:
1) The Government of India has made mitigation and prevention essential components of development planning, with states required to prepare mitigation plans and the Finance Commission providing funding for mitigation projects.
2) Measures taken for flood mitigation since 1950 include embankments protecting 15 million hectares, as well as dams and barrages, though floods remain a problem. A task force is examining long-term flood management strategies.
3) For earthquake risk mitigation, a National Core Group is working with states to update building codes and regulations to incorporate seismic standards, and
Lourdes Germán Director of International & Institute-Wide Initiatives at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, shares examples of land value capture, a policy approach by which communities recover and reinvest the land value generated by public investment and other government action.
This document discusses alternatives to property tax incentives for businesses. It outlines some of the pitfalls of using property tax incentives, such as granting incentives when they do not affect location decisions or when the costs exceed the benefits. It then presents some alternatives, such as lowering overall tax rates, cooperating across municipalities rather than competing for businesses, and focusing on making the regulatory environment more business-friendly without emphasizing tax breaks. Specific examples of places that have used these alternative strategies are also provided.
Adam Langley of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy surveys the landscape payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs), payments made voluntarily by tax-exempt nonprofits as a substitute for property taxes, in New England.
Experiences from the Working Cities Challenge, including case studies of Lawrence, Massachusetts, which established a school-based hiring initiative and Fitchburg, Massachusetts, which sought to transform a struggling neighborhood with investment and the involvement of Fitchburg State College.
Yolanda Kodrzycki, emeritus director of the New England Public Policy Center, summarizes her research on resurgent cities including the importance of cross-sectoral and regional cooperation.
Adam Langley, senior research analyst at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, explores a potential role for nonprofit payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTs) in addressing fiscal stress and suggested that localities approach PILOTs in a collaborative way marked by respectful dialogue, careful use of terminology, and justification for PILOT requests.
Catherine Collins, associate director and senior research associate of the George Washington Institute of Public Policy, discusses property tax issues including tax base erosion and green property tax incentives.
Mary Murphy, manager of state and local fiscal health for the Pew Charitable Trusts, shares her latest research, which found that that only 22 states monitor local fiscal health.
Susanne Greschner, chief of the Rhode Island Department of Revenue Division of Municipal Finance, describes her state’s Fiscal Stability Act and innovative fiscal transparency portal.
Robert Triest, vice president and director of the New England Public Policy Center, compares the economies of the New England states, reporting that Massachusetts had the region’s most robust increase in state revenue and healthiest employment growth since the Great Recession.
Cities around the world are facing a crisis of investment. An integral part of solving this challenge requires building local government capacities and providing practitioners, academics, and advisors who work with cities with leading strategies that have the potential to advance infrastructure investment in ways that contribute to sound municipal fiscal systems. This presentation was originally delivered as a webinar on November 9, 2016 as part of a series of webinars on Municipal Fiscal Health. The webinar featured Dr. Julie Kim, a global infrastructure finance expert at Stanford University's Global Projects Center with over 30 years of public-private partnerships and infrastructure consulting experience in the U.S. and Asia; and Nicole DuPuis from the the National League of Cities, the nation's leading advocacy organization devoted to strengthening and promoting cities as centers of opportunity, leadership and governance.
This document discusses the importance of managing technology risks for municipal governments. It identifies six categories of technology risk: cybersecurity, financial, operational, legal, reputational, and societal. Cybersecurity risks like data breaches and network intrusions are discussed in depth. The document emphasizes that developing technological proficiency requires strong governance, planning, cyber hygiene practices, and technical competency. It provides a five-stage model for assessing an organization's maturity in managing technology risks and recommends that all organizations start prioritizing technological proficiency.
Richard England, visiting fellow at the Lincoln Institute, argues that the preferential tax assessment of rural land isn’t as effective for encouraging small farms as its enactors had hoped, and that reform is necessary to prevent misuse of this policy tool.
The document discusses Boston's reliance on property taxes for revenue and its fiscal challenges arising from a large portion of properties being tax exempt. It summarizes four initiatives to address this: 1) obtaining Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) from non-profits, 2) using an Infrastructure Investment Initiative (I Cubed) to fund development, 3) improving personal property tax audits, and 4) reducing tax abatements and appeals. It provides details and results for each initiative that has increased revenues without raising tax rates.
Peder Schaefer, associate director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, presents a case study of the city of Woonsocket, whose use of the Budget Commission Act helped the city reach fiscal solvency, and looks at other distressed cities.
Michael Lawson, a researcher for the George Mason University Fiscal Sustainability Project, provides a fiscal comparison of Baltimore and San Bernardino
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
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This report explores the significance of border towns and spaces for strengthening responses to young people on the move. In particular it explores the linkages of young people to local service centres with the aim of further developing service, protection, and support strategies for migrant children in border areas across the region. The report is based on a small-scale fieldwork study in the border towns of Chipata and Katete in Zambia conducted in July 2023. Border towns and spaces provide a rich source of information about issues related to the informal or irregular movement of young people across borders, including smuggling and trafficking. They can help build a picture of the nature and scope of the type of movement young migrants undertake and also the forms of protection available to them. Border towns and spaces also provide a lens through which we can better understand the vulnerabilities of young people on the move and, critically, the strategies they use to navigate challenges and access support.
The findings in this report highlight some of the key factors shaping the experiences and vulnerabilities of young people on the move – particularly their proximity to border spaces and how this affects the risks that they face. The report describes strategies that young people on the move employ to remain below the radar of visibility to state and non-state actors due to fear of arrest, detention, and deportation while also trying to keep themselves safe and access support in border towns. These strategies of (in)visibility provide a way to protect themselves yet at the same time also heighten some of the risks young people face as their vulnerabilities are not always recognised by those who could offer support.
In this report we show that the realities and challenges of life and migration in this region and in Zambia need to be better understood for support to be strengthened and tuned to meet the specific needs of young people on the move. This includes understanding the role of state and non-state stakeholders, the impact of laws and policies and, critically, the experiences of the young people themselves. We provide recommendations for immediate action, recommendations for programming to support young people on the move in the two towns that would reduce risk for young people in this area, and recommendations for longer term policy advocacy.
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1. New Jersey Future
October 30, 2014
Anthony Flint
Fellow & Director of Public Affairs
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
www.lincolninst.edu
@landpolicy
Resilience 2.0
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National Disaster Resilience Competition
$1B to promote risk assessment/planning & innovative
preparation and resilience strategies
Community Development Block Grant disaster recovery
(CDBG-DR) / Disaster Relief Appropriations Act 2013
PL 113-2
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• Stimulate resilience planning to prepare for the future
that is coming
• Resilience as overarching principle, woven into daily
decision-making on how tax dollars are spent
• Rethinking of how disaster relief funds are used by
local and state governments
• Infrastructure investment and urban development with
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Coastal Zone Management Act
Section 309 Program Guidance
$1.5M competitive funding to improve state CZM
programs to increase resilience in coastal hazards
15. Lessons from Sandy
• Financial assistance needs to come quickly and with clear guidelines,
but with enough time for states to create thorough action plans
• The National Flood Insurance Program subsidizes risk, which
discourages state and local governments and property owners from
mitigating risk.
• Align federal policies and programs to reduce risk and restore the
health and productivity of coastal resources over the long-term.
• Develop and share data, guidance materials, and decision-support
tools to help governments and property owners make forward-thinking
decisions.
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16. Adjust the rules that govern the use of disaster
relief aid.
Strengthen connections between pre-disaster and
post-disaster planning.
Evaluate projects on their true costs and benefits.
Develop new financing and insurance models that
capture the value created through mitigation to
support long-term investments in resilience.
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Anticipate future climate impacts during the disaster
recovery and rebuilding process.
17. Resilient City Coastal Regions
http://www.lincolninst.edu/pubs/1994_Resilient-Coastal-City-Regions
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The Lincoln Institute was founded by John C. Lincoln, an inventor and entrepreneur based in Cleveland, Ohio, … cite KJL … who became interested in the writings of Henry George, the 19th century political philosopher and author of “Progress and Poverty,” whose big idea was a single tax on land or land value tax; he believed that private property and landowners realized a windfall in terms of increase in property values, as a direct result of public investments such as infrastructure or regulatory or zoning actions. Today we are meeting the challenge of global urbanization, fiscal solvency, urban planning and above all, the importance of land policy across the board – the idea that land policy matters.
In a way these days it’s just no fun to be steeped in land use issues. I can’t even take a vacation without thinking about it. Just this past August I wrote a piece in CityLab recalling my daily walk past a beach house called “High and Dry” in Quonnochotaug, near Watch Hill in RI. The place was 100 meters from the shoreline, and of course I couldn’t help thinking that in future summers, the property would be anything but. I looked across at the rebuilt houses on stilts for sale at Misquomicut; With storm surge alone, conditions are indeed going to be very different in 20-30 years. Year-round residents think in temporary, almost fleeting terms, awaiting the next Sandy. In a summertime community, it’s challenging to think about the future. But the open secret among realtors is that prime waterfront properties will inevitably move further inland. There is the sense that “waterfront” on thefor sale sign is as much a mark of a curse as anything else.
Denial is not pervasive, of course. The two years since Sandy, the anniversary of which we are marking here today, have included major achievements and a changing mindset that is to be celebrated – and organizations like yours are to be congratulated for all your hard work and for sticking with it. First and foremost there is broad consensus that the federal government’s response has been appropriate, with RBD at center stage. We’ll hear more about RBD and next steps in a moment. Our Lincoln-Loeb fellow Helen Lochhead provided a terrific post-portem on the competition, warts and all, in the July issue of Land Lines. RBD gave us permission to think about hard and soft responses in a regional context, to embrace innovation and civic engagement, and begin to conceptualize the necessary steps to learn to live with water. Quite obviously it took an event like Sandy – as Bob Yaro at RPA predicted – to jolt us all into a new framework, to learn from places like The Netherlands, and confront this new reality
And there has been a paradigm shift, as resilience has rightly taken its place in the forefront of the urban agenda. Indeed in some circles, the term has become a little too much in vogue, and like Beyonce, risks being over-exposed,
The non-profit sector has stepped up, with just one example being the Rockefeller Foundation’s resilient cities program, funding chief resilience officers in 100 cities
Local leaders have emerged such as Hoboken mayor Dawn Zimmerman, recognizing the need for a comprehensive approach for protecting assets and infrastructure, while marbling in new stormwater systems for accomodating inundation.
Public education has been critical. In Boston, a recent study began the process of confronting new realities, by introducing new concepts, such as turning Clarendon Street in Back Bay into a canal. As a matter of awareness, the message here for the citizenry was clear: we really are going to have to think about dramatic measures like this.
The federal government, with HUD as the lead agency, has moved forward in the post-Shaun Donovan era with critical next steps. Harriet Tregoning, who we’ve worked with extensively over the years, has taken up a leading role.
That process is steadily working its way through multiple levels and agencies
And a bit like the proliferation of apps in the technology world, an ecosystem is emerging to shore up responses at a finer-grained level. This is just one example
At the Lincoln Institute we have been immersed, if you will, in the business of adaptation to the inevitable impacts of climate change. Last year we published this report, Lessons from Sandy, calling for basic steps of coordination and planning to not just rebuild after disaster, but to rebuild for future resilience.
Among the key takeaways: State and local governments are not aligned with federal priorities for environmental conservation, risk mitigation, habitat protection or enhancement. Formula-based infrastructure funding does not go far enough in supporting climate-resilient infrastructure.
The key message, obvious to all of us here in this room, is to anticipate future climate impacts during the disaster recovery and rebuilding process
Another resource, edited by senior fellow Armando Carbonell, chairman of our Department of Planning and Urban Form, compares and contrasts strategies to date in the U.S. and Australia, which is confronting these same issues and wrestling with a future of wetter wets and drier drys.
And we are taking our research and recommendations to the next level, with this forthcoming report on resilience built into disaster recovery
Finally I’d like to begin to conclude by considering something that Henry Coleman will address, and that is how to pay for this new normal. One of the urban development and infrastructure financing tools we have spent a lot of time focusing on is value capture – a recognition that public investments result in quantifiable increases in value for landowners and private developers, that might be characterized as a windfall. This report examines the experience in Latin America deploying different varieties of value capture, as a way to finance urban infrastructure up front. In urban expansion in the developing world, the cost of infrastructure and key amenities is a fraction of the increase in the land value increment for the private sector. Martim Smolka – no brainer – still have to learn how to say “no brainer” in Portugeuse. And it’s a no brainer in this context too. One of the things that was very well documented by RPA and others after Sandy was just how staggering the loss was – beginning with the tragic loss of life, the immediate damage to real property, and then the billions in economic loss in the days and weeks afterwards. Clearly there is a huge cost to not being resilient, which dwarfs the cost of making investments in resilience. A rethinking of the financing must occur.
Now I am hesitant to end on a downer note, but one thing to keep in mind in terms of property rights and constitutional law is this case, which is already starting to have an impact in the broad area of imposing requirements on private developers in the way that I’ve described. Just recently a San Francisco district court judge ruled against a policy of allowing property owners to make a lump-sum payment to free homes from rent control. The message of the Koontz decision is two-fold: to identify the harm that is being created, and that any requirements for mitigation must be proportionate. In the context of financing resilience – while again I don’t want to emphasize the peril – we can anticipate how paying into a fund for climate resilience or requiring such steps as part of future development, may be subject to a legal challenge.
So as if aligning federal, state and local and regional efforts and incentives wasn’t complicated enough, let us bear in mind the complexities of Resilience 2.0, and with that let us turn now to our distinguished panel and continue the conversation.