The Nature Conservancy is working to develop climate change adaptation strategies that work in real places, and to advocate for ecosystem-based adaptation and resilience strategies that can help sustain communities in this time of global change.
This site supports a very active and growing community of practice of Conservancy staff and partners and is freely available to the public. In these pages climate change adaptation scientists, practitioners and advocates can access and share the latest news, research, tools, methods, and best practices.
We want to announce an exciting new partnership with Charles Chester who has joined forces with our team and will now be contributing to our community of practice with his years of experience, key contacts and academic perspective. We have already begun integrating resources from the Conservation & Climate Change Clearinghouse into this one. And we will soon have a new name as well. Welcome Charles!
Call for Projects - Planet Action, technology to support climate change assessments
September 2, 2010
Planet Action donates satellite imagery, geographic information and technology support to local projects that investigate and assess climate change focusing on human issues, drought & desertification, water resources, forestry, biodiversity,... Read Post
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Climate change & the decline of southern lobster fisheries
September 2, 2010
This summer, the Atlantic States Marine Fisherice Council has been working to set policy on lobster fishing, and the effects of climate change have been an important part of that assessment. Various resources include: WWF: American Lobster’s Futur... Read Post
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Adapting Miami to Climate Change - Video: climate impacts, issues, local adaptation
August 30, 2010
Climate Central Reports: Five years agothis Saturday, Hurricane Katrina tore into Louisiana and Mississippi, causingsuch catastrophic destruction along the coast and in places like New Orleansthat some cities and towns are still struggling to rebu... Read Post
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Destruction of natural barriers, Loss of a Village
August 30, 2010
The New York Times LETTER FROM INDIA A Way of Life Swept Away on a Current By AKASH KAPUR Published: August 26, 2010 CHINNAMUDALIARCHAVADI, INDIA — For centuries this village lived in harmony with the ocean. Fishermen earned a reliable, if meag... Read Post
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New Defenders of Wildlife report on climate change in North Carolina
August 27, 2010
From Defenders of Wildlife: “Given the complexity and the breadth of the current science and the global nature of these issues, it can be challenging to understand how climate change may affect our cherished natural heritage. I am therefore exc... Read Post
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Recent conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions - iisd reports
August 26, 2010
Second International Conference on Climate, Sustainability and Development in Semi-arid Regions (ICID 2010) For full report, photos and resources: http://www.iisd.ca/ymb/climate/icid2010/ ... Read Post
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1st Newsletter: The National Climate Assessment: Preparing the Nation for Change
August 26, 2010
The National Climate Assessment is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and the Congress that evaluates, integrates and interprets th... Read Post
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Coral Reefs and Marine - Recent Publications and Other Resources
August 18, 2010
Online presentations: How We Wrecked the Ocean Coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson on the state of the ocean today. In this bracing talk, coral reef ecologist Jeremy Jackson lays out the shocking state of the ocean today: overfished, overheated... Read Post
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Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change - Online Courses
August 18, 2010
The Center for Sustainable Development is announcing the September launch of a module of four online field courses on building sustainability into adaptation projects. These courses begin by introducing basic climate change concepts, and develop as p... Read Post
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New study: Climate change & land use could lead to ~80% decline in humid tropical forests
August 11, 2010
Abstract from upcoming issue of Conservation Letters: New deforestation and selective logging data and climate change projections suggest that biodiversity refugia in humid tropical forests may change more extensively than previously reported. Howev... Read Post
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