Climate Change Adaptation and the Law

Federal Climate Change Adaptation Policies

Climate Change Adaptation Task Force: Interagency Report and Implementing Instructions

The Climate Change Adaptation Task Force is co-chaired by the Council on Environmental Quality, the Office on Science and Technology Policy and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In October 2010, the Task Force released an interagency report outlining its recommendations for federal adaptation policies. In March 2011, the Task Force released implementing instructions for its 2010 recommendations, and will continue meeting with other agencies to oversee and support their implementation of those policies. More information...

Pew Center on Global Climate Change: Climate Change Adaptation: What Federal Agencies are Doing

State and Local Adaptation Plans within the United States

• Georgetown Climate Center: summary of existing state and local adaptation plans
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change: 2009 paper on state and local adaptation plans
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change: interactive state map

Climate Change Adaptation Policy in North Carolina

North Carolina Climate Action Plan Advisory Group: executive summary of recommended mitigation actions

The North Carolina Climate Action Plan Advisory Group (CAPAG) is a voluntary stakeholder advisory group. In its October 2008 report, CAPAG recommends the creation of a "state-sanctioned Blue Ribbon Commission on Adaptation to Climate Change" tasked with creating climate change adaptation policies for North Carolina.

North Carolina Legislative Commission on Global Climate Change: Final Report

The Commission was created in 2005 to study global climate change and to determine the best methods for reducing the production of greenhouse gases within North Carolina. The General Assembly did not renew its charter, and in 2010 the Commission was dismantled. It published its final report and recommendations for mitigation and adaptation actions in May 2010.

North Carolina Interagency Leadership Team: Planning for North Carolina's Future: Ask the Climate Question

Archive for a Climate Change Adaptation Workshop hosted by the North Carolina Interagency Leadership Team in March 2010. The workshop brought together decision makers from across the state to learn how North Carolina can enhance its resilience to the projected threats and impacts of climate change, and to learn how those impacts will vary by region.