Coastal cities prepare for rising sea levels

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Newport Beach and other communities on California's coast are planning to build up wetlands, construct levees and seawalls or move structures inland as climate change raises sea levels.

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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times

PREPARED Newsletter

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-07-02 16:47
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PREPARED Staff - Adriana Hulsmann, Panagiotis Balabanis, etc.
Year:
2010
Pages:
6
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In the June issue...

  • PREPARED for Climate Change
  • A welcome note from the EC Project Officer
  • Linking research with reality
  • What is PREPARED?
  • Who does what in PREPARED
  • Work Area Leaders
  • Kick-off meeting in Eindhoven- March 2010
  • EU Supports Climate Change Adaptation
  • Project Advisory Committee
  • Preferred project partners

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US prepares for climate burden

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Nature News

Jeff Tollefson

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It hasn't always been easy to get the White House to lead on climate change, so for years the question of how to incorporate global warming into long-range planning and public infrastructure in the United States has fallen to cities, states and individual federal agencies.

Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World

Submitted by andrea on Fri, 2010-03-19 04:45
Author(s):
Dr. Hans-Peter Meister, Inga Kröger, Martina Richwein, Wilson Rickerson, Chad Laurent. Additional contributors: Jeff Snell, Elisa Burchert, Florian Lux
Year:
2009
City:
Boston
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Meister Consultants Group
Pages:
132
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Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Strategies Around the World

This study, compiled by Meister Consultants Group, Inc., analyzes examples of climate change adaptation strategies and measures from around the world. By highlighting adaptation efforts in 16 countries across the globe the study shows how adaptation strategies can be successful. The featured case studies are from developing and emerging countries such as Bangladesh, Tanzania and Brazil, and are also from industrialized countries such as Great Britain, Netherlands, Switzerland Australia. As mentioned in Dr. Mojib Latif's preface, "[t]he great variety of examples and the identification of factors for a successful policy are helpful guidelines for all who are active in the climate sector" (Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets, 2009, p. 3).