Final Report: Building Partnerships to Assess Tribal Adaptation to Climate Change and Science Needs in the Southwest
Dates
Publication Date
2017
Citation
Katharine Jacobs, 2017, Final Report: Building Partnerships to Assess Tribal Adaptation to Climate Change and Science Needs in the Southwest: U.S. Geological Survey.
Summary
Part 1 of this project aimed to provide a framework for a partnership between the UA Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS), its Native Nations Climate Adaptation Program (NNCAP), and the DOI Southwest Climate Science Center that leverages previously existing and newly developing tribal engagement capacity within CCASS and identifies emergent opportunities possible with enhanced investment. Funds were to be used to a) build regional capacity for coordination and assessment in partnership with the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs), DOI Climate Science Centers, and other programs; b) conduct a preliminary assessment of tribal interest and capacity for adaptation across the Southwest; c) leverage funding [...]
Summary
Part 1 of this project aimed to provide a framework for a partnership between the UA Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions (CCASS), its Native Nations Climate Adaptation Program (NNCAP), and the DOI Southwest Climate Science Center that leverages previously existing and newly developing tribal engagement capacity within CCASS and identifies emergent opportunities possible with enhanced investment. Funds were to be used to a) build regional capacity for coordination and assessment in partnership with the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs), DOI Climate Science Centers, and other programs; b) conduct a preliminary assessment of tribal interest and capacity for adaptation across the Southwest; c) leverage funding provided by the Desert LCC to host a mission operational meeting focused on successful tribal climate adaptation plans and traditional ecological knowledge; and d) add value to existing projects/relationships with the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (PLPT) and other Southwestern tribes.
Part 2 aimed to provide follow-on support for a workshop held March 31 to April 1, 2015 at the University of Arizona, which convened 30 national experts and practitioners in scenario planning to explore cutting-edge scenario planning techniques and connections among the different methods that have emerged as to how they frame uncertainty and function in a decision-support context. Southwest Climate Science Center funding allowed organizers and planners to reconvene and harvest the knowledge that derived from the workshop and create a range of outputs.