Salisbury Climate Change Adaptation Workshop
April 24 and 25, 2023 • Salisbury University
Overview
This workshop focuses on understanding community vulnerabilities to climate change in Salisbury, MD, and developing adaptation
strategies to address those vulnerabilities. Participants will also learn how to use tools that are available for communities to enable
climate-savvy decision making to continue into the future.
Agenda & Speakers
Presentations
Reading & Resources
- Climate Change Adaptation and Certification (CCAC) Tool
- Rapid Vulnerability and Adaptation Tool (RVAT)
- Observed/Projected Climate Changes and Associated Impacts for Salisbury
Data sources and more information:
- U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit Climate Explorer
- Northeast Chapter of the 4th National Climate Assessment
- FEMA's National Flood Map Hazard Viewer
- Wicomico County Hazard Mitigation and Resilience Plan
- EPA's Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
- What Will Climate Look Like in 60 Years? (climate analogue tool)
- Equity emphasis areas for transportation investments: Mapping traditionally under-served communities in the Chattanooga TPO area
- Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts (includes fact sheets that summarize impacts for specific communities)
- Cleveland Racial Equity Tool (an accessible screening tool to help people assess whether adaptation strategies they are considering will be equitable)
This material is based upon work supported by the National
Science Foundation under Grant No. 1811534. Any opinions, findings, and
conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.