Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Coastal Communities

Sep 1, 2012

PROJECT PORTAL The project proposed to build municipal capacity in coastal watershed communities for Green Infrastructure by engaging local and regional stakeholders in a planning and implementation process that was supported by technical resources and current,...

Building Capacity to Address Climate Change Risks Through Role-Play Simulations: Dover

Sep 1, 2012

PROJECT PORTAL The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science Impact Collaborative worked with four National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) sites, and the Consensus Building Institute to test an innovative way to help coastal communities understand and prepare...

Navigating from Concern to Action Using the NOAA Roadmap in NH’s Small Coastal Communities: Newfields

Jul 1, 2012

PROJECT PORTAL This project helped a small NH coastal community (Newfields) with a volunteer-board government move climate preparedness from concern to action by using the NOAA Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risks (NOAA Roadmap). The Roadmap is a community-driven...

Stimulate innovation and increase the pace of municipal responses to a changing climate

Sep 1, 2011

Project Portal This project included three components: 1) Research and documentation of the best practice/innovative municipal adaptation approaches in the Northeast; 2) Municipal technical assistance through a small grant program; and 3) Adaptation/resilience...

Sea Level Rise and Storm Surge Adaptation Analysis via COAST

Jul 3, 2010

Project Portal The primary objective of this project was to provide support for climate adaptation planning processes in South Portland, ME, and the Hampton/Seabrook estuary in NH. Working in partnership with Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership (PREP) and Casco...