| | | CAF14-107 | | Resilient Communities: Bringing Change to Life Speakers: Demetra McBride, Director, Santa Clara County’s Office of Sustainability; Brent Bucknum, Director, Urban Biofilter; Lily Verdone, LA/Ventura Project Director, The Nature Conservancy; MODERATOR: Sarah Newkirk, Coastal Project Director, The Nature Conservancy The degree to which communities are vulnerable to climate change is strongly influenced by local circumstances such as culture and community priorities, infrastructure, economics, ecological setting, and local resources. Until recently, most local planning decisions have been made using a relatively short planning horizon, and without specific reference to future climate conditions. However, communities are increasingly coming together to envision possible future scenarios, articulate their values, and identify strategies to secure these values – now and in the future. This session highlights three communities that are working to collaboratively identify “win-win” opportunities to address climate adaptation, mitigation, and long-term community resilience. The session provides participants with the opportunity to interact with mapping, visualization, and risk assessment tools supporting these processes, learn about the value of green infrastructure in combating the effects of climate change, and discuss the role that community engagement and economics have in creating effective climate adaptation plans. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
| | | CAF14-102 | | Taking the Next Step: Moving Beyond Vulnerability to Adaptation Strategies Speakers: Norman Wong, Environmental Engineer, Bay Area Rapid Transit; Stefanie Hom, Associate Transportation Planner/Analyst, Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Garth Hopkins, Chief, Office of Regional Planning, California Department of Transportation; Rosalyn Yu, Civil Engineer, San Francisco International Airport; MODERATOR: Brenda Dix, Senior Associate, ICF International After conducting a risk and vulnerability assessments many are left wondering “now what?” This session seeks to answer that question by providing concrete examples of next steps taken by transportation agencies and highlighting the lessons they have learned along the way. Several California transportation agencies discuss their ongoing work to advance resiliency through concrete adaptation solutions and policy guidelines. Topics range from laying the groundwork for adaptation planning, the development of adaptation strategies, criteria for evaluating those strategies, approaches to integrating climate change into CEQA, and many more. Each agency outlines its process and lessons learned before engaging in a facilitated discussion surrounding the next steps that agencies should take now, common barriers to implementing adaptation, and ideas for overcoming those barriers. All speakers cover the values of collaboration and information sharing among agencies when tackling these complex issues. | | MP3 | | $10.00 | | $10.00 | |
