Posts by John Vandervort

The near-catastrophe at the Oroville Dam highlights the need and opportunity to manage flood risk through green infrastructure upstream and downstream of urban and rural communities. The CRC teamed up with the Sierra Climate Adaptation & Mitigation Partnership to develop a white paper on Green Infrastructure & the Oroville Dam. [cmsms_button button_link=”https://climatereadiness.info/oroville-dam/” button_target=”blank” button_text_align=”center” button_font_weight=”100″…

CivicSpark, a Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program, is dedicated to building capacity for local governments to address climate change and water resource management. Over the past 3 years, the CivicSpark Climate and Water Fellowship Program has provided over 130,000+ hours of project support to over 100 California local governments while implementing 80 Projects in support of state…

The application period for the 2017 FEMA Individual and Community Preparedness (ICP) Awards is now open! The awards highlight innovative local practices and achievements by honoring individuals, organizations, and jurisdictions that have made outstanding contributions toward strengthening their community to prepare for, respond to and recover from a disaster. If you have taken action to prepare your…

Our next factsheet about community health and well-being has been completed! This factsheet serves as a tool to engage leaders around the region on the impacts of climate change on health – particularly for vulnerable populations – and strategies to create healthier communities. View the Health and Well-Being factsheet here. This factsheet is part of a series of factsheets…

The 3rd California Climate Action Planning Conference is coming to San Luis Obispo on August 24th and 25th! Planned program content includes; the new Scoping Plan, pathways to deep de-carbonization, successful financing and implementation, community vulnerability assessment, and climate justice. Keep an eye out for registration opening in May. Visit http://planning.calpoly.edu/CCAPC for more information and…

PG&E has launched their Better Together Resilient Communities grant program, which is requesting grant proposals that will build healthy and resilient forests and watersheds to help communities prevent and prepare for increasing wildfire risk. Eligible projects include research, planning or demonstration projects that better prepare communities for a future with more frequent and extreme wildfires. PG&E will award two…

Our first factsheet around resilient infrastructure has been completed! The factsheet serves as a tool to engage leaders around the region on the importance of safeguarding infrastructure against climate impacts and strategies for making our infrastructure more resilient. View the factsheet here.

Travel support to attend the National Adaptation Forum (May 9-11) in St. Paul, MN, is available in limited quantities and will be awarded via a competitive review process. Eligible applicants include staff from state, county and municipal government, tribal, non-profit organizations, community leaders, and university students working on or studying climate change adaptation. There are…