Community Resilience Archive

ITEP Announces Release of STACC Report

September 9, 2021

The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professional's (ITEP) Tribes and Climate Change Program has just announced that the Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC) Report is now available. This report includes over 90 authors…

Chickasaw woman gets USDA post, one in a string of Indigenous nominees

September 9, 2021

Janie Simms Hipp, the founding CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund, is the most recent confirmation to the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Hipp is just…

Northeast CASC Contributes to NOAA’s Efforts to Support Right Whale Conservation

September 9, 2021

Northeast CASC Science Coordinator Michelle Staudinger participated in a scenario planning activity led by NOAA Fisheries supporting future recovery efforts of the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Through a…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 Report on Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States

September 9, 2021

Climate Change and Social Vulnerability in the United States: A Focus on Six Impacts Climate change affects all Americans—regardless of socioeconomic status—and many impacts are projected to worsen. But individuals will…

Update to the Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook

September 9, 2021

The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Adaptation International are updating the Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook into an online, interactive format. They are recruiting beta testers to provide feedback on…

2021 Shifting Seasons Summit Event Site Now Open to the Public

September 9, 2021

The College of Menominee Nation - Sustainable Development Institute and the Northeast Indigenous Climate Resilience Network would like to announce that the 3rd Shifting Seasons Summit that occurred April 19-21…

In the Infrastructure Bill, a Recognition: Climate Change Is a Crisis

September 9, 2021

Christopher Flavelle published an article in the New York Times discussing the infrastructure bill that recently passed through the Senate and has moved on to the House of Representatives. Being…

Hundreds gather to support environmental protections

August 3, 2021

A recent article by Chloe Shelford with the Wareham Week Today provides an excellent recap of an event that was organized by the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe, Save the Pine…

Coville et al., Identifying high-impact invasive plants likely to shift into northern New England with climate change

August 3, 2021

Invasive species expanding their ranges northward with climate warming will pose a major management challenge to the northeast. Working proactively to identify, monitor, and regulate these species will be most…

Dispossessed, Again: Climate Change Hits Native Americans Especially Hard

August 3, 2021

From Alaska to Florida, Native Americans are facing severe climate challenges, the newest threat in a history marked by centuries of distress and dislocation. While other communities struggle on a…

USET Hosts its First-ever Virtual Tribal Climate Resilience Camp

August 3, 2021

The United South and Eastern Tribes Climate Change Program held the region's first-ever Virtual Tribal Climate Resilience Camp July 12-16. Hosted by the Penobscot Indian Nation, the event included nine…

More than One-Third of Heat Deaths Blamed on Climate Change

August 3, 2021

Warming resulting from human activities accounts for a high percentage of heat-related deaths, especially in southern Asia and South America. Researchers have attributed 37% of deaths related to heat exposure…

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