What Can We Do
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Power Point presentation from Kate Brill, Scenic Hudson, at Teaching the Hudson Valley's 2015 summer institute.
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What Can We Do
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Response to Sea Level Rise • Long, slow process Good news – time to respond and plan Bad news – humans tend to respond to threats that are immediate Daniel Gilbert – Harvard Professor of Psychology
- 4. Resilience: The ability to plan for, withstand, and recover from severe events – without suffering permanent loss of functions, devastating damage, reduced productivity or diminished quality of life.
- 5. MITIGATION VS. ADAPTATION ‣ Mitigation: ‣ Adaptation: Developing ways to protect people and places by reducing their vulnerability to climate impacts. Attempts to slow the process of global climate change, usually by lowering the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
- 6. GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE ‣ How can we reduce risks to people, property and nature? ‣ How can we help people and the estuary adapt to changing conditions? “Manage the unavoidable, and avoid the unmanageable” - Rip Rapson
- 8. Mitigation Energy Alternative Energy Energy Efficient Appliances Green Building Practices
- 9. Mitigation Agriculture and Forests Stopping DeforestationOrganic Farming Buy Local
- 11. Adaptation Keep floodwaters out of contact of structures Reduce the impact of contact with floodwaters and decrease the recovery effort after flooding. Moving structures to avoid contact with floodwater. VillageofPiermont
- 12. Adaptation FORTIFICATION: Keep floodwaters out of contact of structures (CindySchultz/TimesUnion) Sea Wall in Troy, NY Levee Living Shoreline www.nyc.gov/uwas www.nyc.gov/uwas
- 13. ACCOMODATION: Reduce the impact of contact with floodwaters and decrease the recovery effort after flooding. Images Source: www.nyc.gov/uwas
- 14. Adaptation RELOCATION: Moving structures to avoid contact with floodwater. http://www.nyc.gov/uwas
- 15. 5,000 years ago Today Future wetland migration potential where there is vacant land complete wetland loss where shoreline is hardened Adaptation Thinking About Habitats
- 16. Cost of Mitigation vs. Adaptation vs. Impact Source: IPCC
- 17. Case Study: Kingston, NY What to do with the Kingston Waterfront? Kingston Waterfront Flooding Task Force Group of concerned citizens and organizations met to assess the risks and make recommendations
- 18. Case Study: Kingston, NY Came up with 24 recommendations for resiliency taking into consideration: • Vision for the city • Health and safety • Vulnerability of different areas/assets • Need to act in the short or long term • Value of asset • Cost of adaptation strategy
- 19. Case Study: Kingston, NY Kingston Task Force Recommendations Included: • Mitigation • Adaptation • Education
Editor's Notes
- As Wayne Gretzky said, you have to look towards where the puck is moving. We are going to now look forward to the future and what we can do about climate change.
- Gilbert Human brain responds to threats that are: immediate, emotional, social
- Two main approaches to dealing with climate change. Mitigation and adaptation.
- Actions or steps taken to minimize impacts from stresses, extreme events, or changing conditions. Three main ways of adapting communities: Fortification, accommodation and relocation.
- Although relocation might seem the most straightforward, is can be socially and economically complex.
- Different adaptation strategies will have different impacts on habitats along the shoreline.
- When communities are making decisions about how they are going to proceed to prepare for climate change, they need to take into account the costs of investing in adaptation vs. mitigation vs. the cost of not acting at all.
- Communities are taking these risks seriously and many towns in the Hudson Valley have developed task forces to address the threat of sea level rise and make recommendations to city planners. The city of Kingston has a bustling waterfront with many businesses and municipal buildings.
- Mitigation included implementing Kingston’s Climate Action Plan which would reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions through green infrastructure and architecture. Adaptation included using natural buffers and green shoreline infrastructure to reduce flooding, looking into amphibious or floating structures, wharves, berms and elevated right of ways. They also emphasized the need for education and emergency planning so community members and emergency personnel will be better able to deal with future severe events.