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Regional Climate Impact Assessments

RCC Program Home		Team Identification
Adaptation Challenges and Opportunities		Pilots and Demonstrations
Adaptation Implementation Framework		Regional Climate Impact Assessments
Climate Change Adaptation Communication		Regulatory Aspects of Climate Change and Adaptation
Coastal Storm Adaptation		Sea-Level Change Adaptation
Ecosystem Adaptation		Snow, Glacial, Ice Impacts and Adaptation
Greenhouse Gas Accounting		Vulnerability Assessments and Reporting
Hydrology to Support Adaptation		Water Management Adaptation

Regional climate impact assessments have been developed from a number of different sources for a variety of audiences. USACE requires regional assessments tailored to our specific missions to address issues of critical interest to USACE and its stakeholders. Bureau of Reclamation has completed a literature synthesis of climate impacts from a water resources manager's perspective for the 17 western states. This was followed in 2011 by the SECURE Water Act Section 9503(c) - Reclamation Climate Change and Water 2011 report, which assesses climate change risks and how these risks could impact water operations, hydropower, flood control, and fish and wildlife across eight major Reclamation river basins.The RCC team will compile existing information to develop regional climate impact assessments for Alaska, the Pacific Islands, eastern regions and the Caribbean Basin. These regional assessments will be a cornerstone of policy, processes, methods and technologies used in the adaptation framework, pilots and demonstrations.

revised 17 November 2011

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