Climate Change Adaptation

Climate Change Adaptation is defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as “adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.”

Resilience is defined as “the capacity of a system to absorb disturbance and still retain its basic function and structure.”

Climate Change Adaptation: Business & Policy

• Capacity Center Climate Toolkit page
• Yale Project on Climate Change
• IPCC 2007 Synthesis Report for Policy Makers
• NIFA Climate Change Site
• WICCI
• NACo
• MIT-Global Change
• GEMI Climate Change and Business
• CDP
• GHG Protocol
• INCR
• NOAA Climate Program
• NOAA – “Climate Service”
• NOAA Climate Decision Support
• NOAA Climate Literacy
• CCCC George Mason University
• The Carbon Capture Report
• Green, Inc. (NYT green business blog)
• Climatebiz
• Walmart Sustainability Index
• PEW Foundation
• Climate Change Knowledge Compendium

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If you have questions regarding Community Resource Development in Shawano County, please contact:

	Jay Moynihan, Community Resource & Development Agent UW-Extension Shawano County Shawano County Courthouse 311 North Main Street, Room 101 Shawano, WI 54166 Phone: 715-526-6136 * Fax: 715-526-4875 E-mail: jay.moynihan@ces.uwex.edu Blog: http://adaptationfactory.blogspot.com
	Rhonda Sumnicht, Office Assistant UW-Extension Shawano County Shawano County Courthouse 311 North Main Street, Room 101 Shawano, WI 54166 Phone: 715-526-6136 * Fax: 715-526-4875 E-mail: rhonda.sumnicht@co.shawano.wi.us