SCDRP Newsletter: June 28, 2024 | |
Join SCDRP's very first Mentorship Cohort! Deadline to express interest in being a Mentor or Mentee is July 1! | |
Are you an experienced professional passionate about building the next generation of climate resilience change makers? Are you a student or early career professional who wants to grow professionally or break into the field of resilience? SCDRP is excited to share that we are in the exploratory phase of launching a Mentorship Program! If you are interested in being a future mentor or mentee, please take the survey below by July 1! | |
SCDRP 8th Annual Meeting Executive Summary is Now Available! | |
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Information Needed:
A member seeks examples of performance metrics for resilience. If you have examples of metrics, or know of a community that has created outstanding metrics, please let us know at scdrp@secoora.org. We'll share answers received here!
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Do you have a question or a request for information, resources, or connections that you’d like to send out to SCDRP’s wide network of disaster resiliency and climate professionals? Email us at scdrp@secoora.org with your request and contact information, and it may be featured in our next newsletter! | |
Things we're excited about.... | |
American Climate Corps
The White House swore in the first members of the American Climate Corps last week. The mission of the American Climate Corps is to "empower a new, diverse generation to tackle two of the greatest challenges of our time: environmental injustice and climate change." Members are placed in jobs focused on public lands and waters, clean energy, urban areas, community resilience, food systems, and capacity building. By the end of the month, 9,000 American Climate Corps Members will be serving in communities across the US!
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Partner Picks Summer Speaker Series: June | |
Joseph Ortiz and Ángel Crespo from PuroClean of San Juan kicked off our Summer Speaker Series by discussing the unique challenges and strategies associated with emergency planning and preparation, property damage, and emergency management response in Puerto Rico during hurricane season. The meeting recording is now up on our Youtube Channel! | |
See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
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Community Change Grants Program: EPA’s Environmental and Climate Justice Community Change Grants program (Community Change Grants) has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for approximately $2 billion dollars in Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds in environmental and climate justice activities to benefit disadvantaged communities through projects that reduce pollution, increase community climate resilience, and build community capacity to address environmental and climate justice challenges.
Deadline November 21, 2024
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Workshops, Trainings, and Events | |
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This collaborative event between NOAA and the Institute for Water and Health at Georgia Southern will take place in Savannah on July 16th and 17th. This intensive and interactive course provides individuals with a thorough grounding and practical skills for incorporating adaptation strategies into planning processes. Time in class is provided to practice applying what you learn, and opportunities for local collaboration and next steps are emphasized through discussion, participant activities, and local speakers and examples.
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Miami Climate Alliance
Extreme Weather Training: June 29, Miami (Spanish)
Caribbean Green Technology Center
Temperature Extremes in the Workplace Workshop: St. Croix: July 9, St. Croix or Virtual
EPA EJScreen (the Agency's environmental justice screening and mapping tool):
Office Hours & Training: July 10, July 24, August 21, Virtual
National Hazards Mitigation Association
49th Annual Naturall Hazards Workshop: July 14-17, Broomfield, CO
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:
The State of Science Address: June 26, Washington DC and Virtual
National Academies Climate Crossroads Summit 2024: July 16-17, Washington DC and Virtual
Macroeconomic Implications of Decarbonization Policies and Actions Workshop: Sep 12-13, DC or Virtual
Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network (CCAN)
Regional Climate Adaptation Workshops (August 2, 16, 30)
Transportation Research Board
Transportation Symposium on Environment, Energy, and Livable Economies: Aug 25-28, Denver, CO
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
78th Annual Conference: October 12-16, Augusta, GA
Solar and Energy Storage Association of Puerto Rico
SESA Summit: Moving Solar and Energy Storage Forward: Nov 18-20, San Juan, PR
ACES: A Community on Ecosystem Services Conference: December 9-12, Austin, Texas
Coastal GeoTools 2025 Conference : Jan 27-30, 2025, Wilmington, NC
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Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:
The Center for Regenerative Solutions is accepting applications for three Nature-based Climate Solutions Accelerators. (Applications due TODAY June 28)
The Portsmouth Heatmapping Project needs volunteers to assist with collecting heat data in Portsmouth, VA using car-mounted temperature sensors. Click here to volunteer.
Applications are now being accepted to attend the Third U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium. The third symposium will be hosted by and in partnership with the Republic of Rwanda on February 18-20, 2025, in Kigali, Rwanda. Travel of selected participants will be covered.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is calling for poster abstracts on Macroeconomic Implications of Decarbonization Policies and Actions. Abstracts due July 7. Early career professionals encouraged to apply!
Department of Energy's Energy Transition Initiative Partnership Project provides technical assistance to support coastal, remote, and island communities in building energy. Point of contact for Southeast Communities: Rory McIlmoil, Rory.McIlmoil@nrel.gov (Applications close July 10).
The National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies is calling for applications for Excellence in Communications and Innovative Water Projects Awards (Due July 31).
Social Sciences (an open access journal) is calling for manuscript submissions on Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice. (Deadline September 1)
FEMA is calling for Stories of Resilience: Voices that Inspire. You can submit photos, video, audio or text about your climate resilience journey.
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Resources
National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative: Guide to Collaborative Science
Looking for the rest of our resource section? We moved it over to our website!
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