USET/USET SPF Resolutions, Comments, Testimonies and Agency Reports on Climate Change
Resolutions
- 2023 SPF:001 Support for the Rights of Nature
- 2023 SPF:013 Urging a Moratorium on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's Offshore Wind Scoping and Permitting
- 2023:001 Becoming a Consortium Partner with The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
- 2018:SPF 002 Maine Tribal Aquatic Ecosystems in Peril
- 2017:003 Authorization to Apply for Federal Funding for Natural Resource Management Programs
- 2016:037 Authorization for USET to Seek Federal Funding for BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program
- 2016:034 Climate Change Impacts and Response Actions to Protect Human Health, Tribal Lands, Water and Natural Resources, Cultural Identity, and Sovereignty
- 2013:036 Authorization to Submit a Funding Proposal for Ethnobotanical Climate Change Adaptation Planning
- 2010:010 Support for Tribal Energy Capacity Development and Implementation
- 2011:055 Support the Formation of a National Tribal Water Advisory Committee
Testimony
- USET SPF Testimony Submitted to the House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous People of the United States for the Record of the February 12, 2019 Hearing, “The Impacts of Climate Change on Tribal Communities” – February 26, 2019
- Testimony of USET Climate Change Program Manager and Climate Science Liaison Dr. Casey Thornbrugh before the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis during a hearing entitled “Tribal Voices, Tribal Wisdom: Strategies for the Climate Crisis” – November 18, 2021
A video of the hearing is available on the Committee's website.
Agency Reports
- Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and STACC Working Group 2021 Report: Status of Tribes and Climate Change (STACC)
- Bureau of Indian Affairs 2020 Report: The Unmet Infrastructure Needs of Tribal Communities and Alaska Native Villages in Process of Relocating to Higher Ground as a Result of Climate Change