Hdcc adaptation forum 2013 (rudy)
- 1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Human Dimensions of climate Change (HDCC) An Interagency Collaborative for Natural Resource Management
- 2. Challenge to Natural Resource Management Agencies Natural resource agencies are challenged not only by climate change impacts on terrestrial and marine resources, but also by related effects on human communities that depend on these lands and waters. Effects include: economic activity, subsistence practices, demographic trends, human health, recreation, infrastructure, and community resilience, and others
- 3. Focus of HDCC 1 We will approach the issues across federal agencies, disciplines, and non-federal institutions. Develop a framework for identifying human impacts of climate change and opportunities for adaptation useful for resource management sufficiently flexible to meet the needs of multiple federal agencies.
- 4. Focus of HDCC 2 The overall objective for the project is to focus on producing scientifically valid and consistent methods of analyzing human system resilience and vulnerabilities in an uncertain climate. A guiding principle of this project is to link social science and social systems with the natural science to understand the impacts of climate change.
- 5. Structure of HDCC 1 Scoped as a 3 year project Core Project Team establish primary framework & guidance Affiliation Karen Blakney BLM Trish Clay NOAA Tom Fish DOI/NPS Joel Larson BLM Jessica Montag BLM John Primo BOEM Rudy Schuster USGS Natalie Sexton FWS Ben Simon Office of Policy Analysis Rob Winthrop BLM Kurt Johnson FWS Refuge CC coordinator
- 6. Structure of HDCC 2 Primary Working group ~15 social science climate change experts from agencies and key partners Mix of researchers and managers Provide input in process, refine framework, create products Extended Working Group Review, provide data etc., refine, provide input, disseminate products,
- 7. Objective 1 Interagency Coordination: Sustain a community of practice on the human dimensions of climate change that facilitates sharing of information and experience among scientists, managers, and community members. At a national scale
- 8. Objective 2 Provide an interagency forum to apply and evaluate practices, data sets, and indicators concerning the human dimensions of climate change (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
- 9. Objective 3 Using this information, develop a common framework across agencies for assessing and responding to the human effects of climate change relevant to resource management. Assessment protocols? (photo: www.boston.com)
- 10. Initial Activity 1 Identify key questions on the human dimensions of climate change to prioritize information needs. National Geographic photo
- 11. Initial Activity 2 Climate Change Case Studies: Understand the suite of human systems impacts and relationships with natural resources in a specific context First target area is open for discussion! Will choose other areas to represent diversity resources, agencies, human systems, etc. Make relevant to other Climate Change response efforts Photograph of Gulkana Glacier on August 31, 1967, USGS, #67L3-85.
- 12. Initial Activity 3 Social-Economic Project Database: Current and completed federal land management, domestic non-federal, and international social- economic climate change projects Information will be used to feed a collaborative network (e.g. LCC & Climate Science Centers) Allow researchers to interact, enter their data, and query the database Photograph of Gulkana Glacier, Alaska on August 25, 1987. Photograph by Bob Krimmel, USGS, #87R3-218.
- 13. Photograph of Gulkana Glacier on August 31, 1967, USGS, #67L3-85. Photograph of Gulkana Glacier, Alaska on August 25, 1987. Photograph by Bob Krimmel, USGS, #87R3-218.
- 14. Initial Activity 4 Principles & Guidelines Document: on the use of social science methods to inform resource management decisions related to climate change Modeled on the widely-used Principles and Guidelines for Social Impact Assessment (1994) Accessible guide for both social scientists and resource managers. This document will be a synthesis of results from the other tasks in this project as well as other sources
- 15. Climate Science Centers Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Make relevant to other Climate Change response efforts
- 16. Schematic framework of anthropogenic climate change drivers, impacts and responses in the Social-Ecological System (adopted from IPCC 2007)
- 17. Current Status Many Committee meetings Term Hire Looking for Student now!
- 18. Questions
Editor's Notes
- #16: REAs are assessments, not a program, and use existing data from resources available. Based on management questions, current conditions and future projections from the REAs can be used to inform management decisions. To be included into a REA, the data would already have been generated. That said, our Montana office is working with a Tribe -they are gathering cultural information that we hope will be available to incorporate into a REA under development.