SECCCoP

Southeast and Caribbean Climate Community of Practice

SECCCoP Welcome!

•Sign-in for mailing list•In room: sign in sheet•On phone: email your name and affiliation to Liz Fly (elizabeth.fly@scseagrant.org)

•Polling•In room: Please keep cell phones handy (on silent!)•On phone: We will provide instructions for voting via cell phone or web browser

•Agenda•Introductions•Background on CoP•CoP Priorities: ranking and discussion•Priority next steps•Wrap-up

SECCCoP Welcome!

•Introductions•In room•On phone

Enhancing Climate Outreach in the U.S. Southeast and Caribbean

• Funding from National Sea Grant Office for Climate Engagement

• Purpose: Increase capacity to coordinate and perform outreach, extension and communication related to climate change in the Southeast and Caribbean region

• Workshop May 2010 to bring the community together and characterize the nature of the existing capacity, challenges and needs

Participants (52)

• Sea Grant (mostly extension and communications)

• National Estuarine Research Reserves

• University science and outreach

• State Coastal Management Programs

• Local governments

• State climatology offices

• Southeast Regional Climate Center

• NOAA

• EPA

• USGS

Stakeholder Groups

Who comes to you seeking climate change information?• City and county government staff• City and county government

elected officials• Advisory committee or local

council members• Extension, education, and

communications staff• State agency staffOthers• Federal agencies, media, NGOs,

private business and citizens, seafood industry

Climate Change Impacts

What climate change impacts are of most concern to audiences?• Sea level rise

(inundation, coastal erosion, salt water intrusion, habitat loss)• Infrastructure

(storm water, drinking water, waste treatment, bridges, etc)• Natural environment

(habitat changes, freshwater inflow, invasive species)

Plum Island Sewage Treatment PlantCharleston, SC

Climate Change Impacts (cont)What climate change impacts are of most concern to audiences?• Planning

(long-term consequences, preservation/conservation)• Economic losses

(tourism, fisheries, insurance, real estate)• Social vulnerability & equity

(property rights, waterfront access, safety, demographics)• Extreme Weather

(flooding, storms & storm surge, drought)

Barriers for participantsWhat are the barriers (for participants) to sharing climate

adaptation information with audiences?

• Targeting and understanding the audience(s)

• Ability of outreach personnel to locate, understand, and convey climate information

• Amount, complexity, and scale of the information

• Institutional constraints – resources, sensitivities, mandates

Barriers for audience

What are the barriers for stakeholders to act on climate adaptation information?

• Motivation for action

• Political will and sensitivity

• Cost/benefit

• Information availability, credibility, certainty, and actionable

• Time and spatial scale of impact and response

• Planning priorities and challenges

Tool and Resource Needs• Consistent message from federal agencies and the

science community on climate science and projections

• Tools for the public to “see” potential impacts of climate change―at a localized scale

• Action steps for communities to take when using or after using tools

• Expertise directory• High-resolution elevation data• Guidance on engagement

specific to understanding climate change

Gaps

What are the gaps for climate outreach and extension?

• Lack of mechanism for sharing and coordination

• Lack of understanding of our audiences

• Communicating climate information to diverse audiences

• Poor availability of targeted information

• Limited set of tools in “toolbox”

• Adaptation actions separate from hazards & planning

Groups saw the primary role of outreach and extension professionals as being a trusted resource with knowledge of science and expertise in local and regional issues.

Priority Community Actions• Broaden and strengthen community of practice

• Develop Expertise Directory

• Develop fact sheets and consistent messages on the science

• Examine tools and approaches for integrating climate into hazards and other planning processes

• Provide access via a portal to resources that were identified during the workshop

• Establish work groups in specific areas to develop and test products

• Identify and use existing vehicles to get climate message out and coordinate activities

2012 Workshop

• Another grant from National Sea Grant Office –to address integrating climate change in community planning

• Workshop, June 2012, Jacksonville, FL

Goals

• Understand the latest climate science

• Local community needs to incorporate climate into existing planning efforts

• Share community examples

• Introduce risk and vulnerability assessment processes and tools

• Identify how CoP members can help

• Consider long-term goals of the CoP

Priority Needs/Next Steps

• Message Training (21)• Cost-benefit analysis training (20)• Legal and financial implications of no action (16)• Workshop for elected officials and city managers

(15)• Unified language and message branding (12)• Training and outreach to emergency

management community (9)• Better understanding of the science (9)

Moving the CoP Forward

• Help build partnerships

• Continue in-person meetings

• Regular engagement – website and webinars

• Possible working groups

• Directory of resources

• Consistent message or brand

• Continue focus on local community members

Climate CoP Progress

• Websitehttp://stormsmart.org/groups/sec-ccop/

• Steering committee

• Survey

• Resource Directory

SOUTHEAST AND CARIBBEAN CLIMATE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEMBER SURVEY

Carolinas Climate Resilience Conference 2014

Conducted by

SEC-CCoP Member Survey Overview

Developed in Spring and Summer 2013 CoP Steering Committee and Carolinas Integrated

Sciences and Assessments (CISA)

Primary Objectives Identify priority climate concerns, information needs,

and resources Gauge interest in engagement and ideas for the future

of SEC-CCoP Resource Directory

Survey Information

57 Question Survey, hosted on surveymonkey.com, open for six weeks

Original distribution list = 101 Total started survey = 44 Total completed survey = 36 Final response rate 36%

Participant Information

What type of organization do you work for?

Who are the primary stakeholder groups or audiences with whom you engage about climate issues?

Climate Responsibilities & Climate Change Concerns

Identify your top three responsibilities related to climate

Climate Change Concerns & Priorities

Is climate change a topic that you discuss with your stakeholders and audiences?

Member Needs

If the Community of Practice were able to provide training on climate science, what are the climate change science topics with which you need assistance?

In what format would climate science training sessions be most useful?

If the Community of Practice were able to provide assistance with climate change communications, what are the climate change topics with which you need communications assistance?

What types of communication resources would be most helpful in sharing information on these topics?

Additional Member Needs

Economic impacts of climate change and examples of positive economic benefits Including - health costs of asthma, heat-related illness, extreme weather injuries, and water-borne illness

Climate change impacts on cultural resources

Templates/examples of local ordinances, building codes, or land development codes that address climate change

Database of climate tools (to assist in evaluating the tools and determining the best fit)

Estuarine and shoreline planning data (brackish water salinity measurements, etc.)

Resources to bridge the practice-science information gap – There seems to be a disconnect between what people say they want for decision making and what is scientifically reasonable to provide. Perhaps primers/facts sheets would be useful to help reconcile this?

More definitive information on anticipated climate change impacts in our region. Research seems to be split 50/50 on the impacts in the Carolinas.

NC Sea Level Rise Study (Div of Emergency Management) updates

Member Engagement & Interests

Please rank in order of preference your top 3 choices for receiving, accessing, and sharing information from and with the Community of Practice.

How often would you like to receive information or updates from the Community of Practice?

Resource Directory

Current VersionAvailable online at http://www.cisa.sc.edu/links-coastalclimate.html

Includes 145 Resources Total (organizations, individuals, websites, documents)

Topical Areas Climate Adaptation, Climate Communications, Climate Data, Climate

Impacts (on built environment, natural resources, economic systems, and public health), Sea Level Rise, & Social Vulnerability/Equity

Provides description, web-link, & contact information (if available)

Searchable By: Topic, geographic scope (regional, state, local) & resource type (journal

article, report, organization)

Member expertise collected also

How frequently do you expect to use this type of resource directory?

•Ranking Priorities•By text message:

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations•Develop fact sheets

•Determine key topics•State-specific summaries of legal issues re: development in hazardous areas and infrastructure•Use best available regional science•Develop a consistent message•Link to CoP webpage with more detailed information•Share with key managers

PrioritiesSECCCoP

•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations•Develop fact sheets•Develop/compile tools and resources

•Visualization of climate change at the local scale•Action steps for communities to take•High-resolution elevation data•Communications tools – guidance on engagement and consistent messaging•Quantify the legal and financial implications of no action

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations•Develop fact sheets•Develop/compile tools and resources•Work with communities using tools, understand their next steps

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations•Develop fact sheets•Develop/compile tools and resources•Work with communities using tools, understand their next steps•Offer trainings and workshops

•Climate science•Downscaling•Extreme Events•Sea Level Rise•Coastal Erosion

•Cost-benefit analysis methods•Communications/consistent messaging•Long term hazard consideration for emergency management community•Future land use/comprehensive plan updates for planners•Elected officials and city managers (i.e. similar to League of Cities effort by National Association of Counties (NACo))•Community Rating System

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations•Develop fact sheets•Develop/compile tools and resources•Work with communities using tools, understand their next steps•Offer trainings and workshops•Identify and use existing vehicles to get climate message out and coordinate activities

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•Broaden and strengthen the CoP•Coordinate more with professional organizations•Develop fact sheets•Develop/compile tools and resources•Work with communities using tools, understand their next steps•Offer trainings and workshops•Identify and use existing vehicles to get climate message out and coordinate activities

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Our top priorities are:

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•CoP communications•StormSmart Coasts website – not very active•Monthly emails – preferred method of communication from survey

•Just updates of CoP activity? Or Newsletter with topics of interest?

•Types of events CoP should offer/promote/lead

•Review and Wrap-Up•Share notes•Steering committee review priorities and reach out to volunteers