SCDRP Newsletter: September 5, 2024 | |
We are seeking $4,000 in donations/sponsorships to cover the costs of SCDRP memberships for all participants in the first SCDRP Mentorship cohort. Equity is one of SCDRP's core values, and we firmly believe in our responsibility as an organization to remove barriers that prevent diverse and inclusive participation in the fight for coastal resilience. Your donations will ensure that the Mentorship Program is open to all who are striving for professional growth and personal development, in line with our vision of a more equitable future for the field of resilience. | | |
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Tomorrow (September 6) is the last day to volunteer for the 9th Annual Meeting Steering Committee! We are still in need of a few more volunteers to complete the Steering Committee. Email us at scdrp@secoora.org for more information or to volunteer.
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The SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting will take place in Wilmington, NC on February 4-5, 2025 at the Aloft Wilmington at Coastline Center in downtown Wilmington.
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Rooms are available to book at a discounted rate of $133/night plus taxes at the following link: Book your group rate for SCDRP Annual Meeting.
- Meeting registration opens September 15.
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9th Annual Meeting Sponsors needed: SCDRP is seeking sponsors for the 9th Annual Meeting at the Gold ($5,000), Silver ($2,500), and Bronze ($1,000) levels. We also welcome alternative sponsorship opportunities, such as sponsoring a workshop, field trip, speaker, social event, or scholarship for a nonprofit or student attendee. To learn more about sponsorship options and benefits, email us at scdrp@secoora.org.
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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!
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Climate Resilience in Action
On August 29 FEMA launched the webpage Climate Resilience in Action, which will feature stories about communities affected by climate change and resiliency efforts taking place across the country. The page includes a video (above) spotlighting Princeville, North Carolina, which has been impacted by severe flooding and is rebuilding for a more resilient future.
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Municipal-Level Risk Communication Practices in Puerto Rico: Report
Authors: Federico Subervi-Vélez (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Sandra M. Fábregas-Troche (Latino Center for Bioethics and Humanities), Mirelsa Modestti-González (Latino Center for Bioethics and Humanities), Gary L. Kreps (George Mason University)
This project analyzes risk communication practices across 12 municipalities in Puerto Rico. Read on for an excerpt from the report Abstract:
"The 12 sites selected for the study were six coastal and six inland municipalities with high levels of at-risk populations.... Municipal Emergency Management Offices (MEMO) officials were interviewed regarding their risk communication protocols and practices, especially concerning vulnerable populations, and their challenges and most pressing needs for improving communication efforts before, during, and after disasters and other emergency situations. Results show that MEMOs use emergency management protocols tailored to their specific geographic and community needs, that their staff are generally well trained on emergency management but not enough on risk communication, and that MEMOS face multiple challenges related to efficiently reaching out to vulnerable populations. It was evident from our findings that Puerto Rican municipal authorities are struggling to address the needs of populations with cumulative vulnerabilities related to poverty and geographic isolation of older adults."
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See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
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Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships:
Just Added....
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Grants Management Specialist (Review of applications will begin on September 3, and will continue until the position is filled)
Charleston, SC
$46,655 to $66,488
South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium
Human Resources Manager (Review of applications will begin on September 3, and will continue until the position is filled)
Charleston, SC
$46,655 to $66,488
FEMA
Civil Engineer (Closing September 12)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
$86,962 to $134,435 per year
USVI Department of Planning and Natural Resources division of Coastal Zone Management
Special Projects Coordinator (Closing September 13)
$65,000 per year
NOAA
Research Oceanographer (Closing September 13)
Boulder, CO or Miami, FL
$77,274 - $125,685 per year
NOAA
Management and Program Analyst (Closing September 18)
Silver Spring, MD or Charleston, SC
$103,409 - $181,216 per year
NC State University
Post Doctoral Research Scholar to work within The Long View: Developing a 500-year Climate Adaptation Plan with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians project.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis with an anticipated closing date of September 20th, 2024. Post may remain online and open until filled
$65,000 - $70,000
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
Community and External Affairs Manager (Open until filled)
Skidaway Island, GA
Early Career/Student Opportunities...
NOAA
EPP/MSI and Hollings undergraduate scholarships (Applications open September 1-January 31, 2025)
These prestigious scholarships provide students with an academic award of $9,500 per year for two years of full-time study. The Hollings Scholarship provides a 10-week, full time, paid summer internship opportunity at any NOAA facility nationwide. The EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship offers two paid summer internships, one in a NOAA office in the Silver Spring, Maryland, metro area, and one at any NOAA facility nationwide. All scholars also receive funding to present their summer internship research at two national scientific conferences.
Closing Soon...
North Carolina Division of Coastal Management
Coastal Policy Analyst (Closing September 5)
$49,158.00 - $86,026.00 Annually
IRL Council (An independent special district of the State of Florida, and host
of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program)
Project Manager
(Closing September 6)
$75,000 per year
NOAA
Senior Advisor for Capacity Building and External Engagement (Closing September 6)
$147,649 - $221,900 per year
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FISHERIES & WILDLIFE BIO SCIENTIST III (Closing September 8)
$1,730.77 biweekly plus benefits
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program (Applications due September 9)
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US Department of Energy
Critical Facility Energy Resilience (Closing October 4, 2024)
CiFER cooperative agreements will support large-scale deployment of innovative energy storage technologies, like advanced batteries, at host sites containing critical infrastructure to support the demonstration of promising technologies and validate their ability to provide resiliency benefits.
US Forest Service
Landscape Scale Restoration Program (Closing December 13, 2024)
The Landscape Scale Restoration Program is a Forest Service State and Private Forestry competitive grant program that promotes collaborative, science-based restoration of priority forest landscapes and furthers priorities identified in State Forest Action plans or equivalent restoration strategy. Landscape Scale Restoration projects cross multiple jurisdictions, including tribal, state and local government, and private forest land, to address large-scale issues such as wildfire risk reduction, watershed protection and restoration, and the spread of invasive species, insect infestation and disease.
Closing Soon
People's Climate Innovation Center - 2025 YCLC Fund (Application closing September 10, 2024)
Call for Proposals: Climate Change AI Innovation Grants 2024 (Proposals Due September 15, 2024
Funding Resource
Funding Database: NC Resilience Exchange
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Caribbean Oral History: Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and the U.S. Geological Survey
During the summer of 2018, the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center and the U.S. Geological Survey recorded the oral histories of resource managers attending a U.S. Caribbean drought workshop in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The oral testimonies collected here provide lessons learned from the past and solutions for the future. These stories also provide insight into the science needs of the natural resource community in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands – and we learn what types of information could help managers effectively plan for future extreme weather events.
Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Resources: Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center
Heat & Health Tracker (Center for Disease Control)
The Heat and Health Index (HHI) helps identify communities where people are most likely to feel the effects of heat on their health, in order to build towards a healthier and more heat-resilient future for all.
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Just added:
North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency
Resilience Webinar Series: Spotlight on Grant Opportunities
September 19, 12:30 pm - 2 pm EST
Columbia University
Practical Climate Action for Caribbean Health Professionals: A How-To Series
Session 1: How to Connect with Your Community
September 17, 5 pm-6:30 pm EST
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Happening Soon:
Coastal Empire Resilience Network (CERN)
Five Steps to Effective Climate Communication—Climate Change Health Impacts and Advocacy Strategies
Sep 10, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
"Back to School" Mitigation Planning Webinar Series hosted by FEMA Region 5 Planners
Plan Integration and Plan Adoption
Sep 10, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Natural Hazards Center Webinar
Heat, Housing, and Human Risk: Lessons from the Home Forward Temperature Assessment
Sep 10, 2024, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT
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Workshops, Trainings, and Events | |
Upcoming and newly added events are listed below. More events can be found on the Calendar Page of our website. | |
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Just added:
National Disaster Resilience Conference
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
November 20-22, 2024, Clearwater Beach, Florida
16th Annual Southeast Florida Climate Leadership Summit
December 16-18, 2024, Key West, FL
National Hurricane Conference
April 14-17, 2025, New Orleans, Louisiana
Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) Conference
May 18-22, 2025, New Orleans, LA
Other upcoming events:
The Georgia Conservancy
South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative (SASMI) Summit
- Tuesday, September 10 (4 PM - 6:30 PM) at UGA Marine Extension, Brunswick Station
- Thursday, September 12 (4 PM - 6:30 PM) at Camden County PSA,
- Tuesday, September 24 (4 PM - 6:00 PM) at Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens and Historic Bamboo Farm
- Tuesday, October 22 (4 PM - 6:30 PM) at the Dorchester Improvement
Association
- Thursday, October 24 (3 PM - 6:00 PM) at McIntosh SEED
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society
2024 Southeast and Northeast Joint Regional Conference: September 10-11, Warsaw, VA
Fall 2024 SERPPAS Steering Committee Meeting: September 10-11, Atlanta, GA
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Caring for the Earth, Caring for Each Other: Bridging Faith and Climate Action
September 11, 7:00pm
Washington DC & Virtual
Florida Resilience Conference
September 11-13, Bonita Springs, FL
CLEO Speakers Network UCF
September 13, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Orlando, FL
B.Nature Course
RSVP for Orientation on September 12 or 26, 2024 at 6pm EST
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:
Macroeconomic Implications of Decarbonization Policies and Actions Workshop: Sep 12-13, DC or Virtual
Georgia Power IRP Training Session 01
September 18, Decatur, GA
NC State University
Fall Symposium 2024 | KIETS Climate Leaders Program: September 19-20, Raleigh, NC
America the Beautiful for All Coalition
New Era, New Leaders: America the Beautiful for All Conference: October 1-3, San Juan, PR
Planning with Nature-Based Solutions in Coastal Georgia
Every Wednesday from 10am-11:30am from October 1st through November 9th.
The National Alliance for Public Safety GIS (NAPSG) Foundation
2024 Innovation Summit for Preparedness & Resilience (InSPIRE)
October 2-3, Indianapolis, IN
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Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:
The Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) requests feedback on "Expanded Caribbean Section of Southeast Quarterly Impacts and Outlook Report": Google form to provide feedback on quarterly reports
The American Society of Adaptation Professionals invites its members and organizations with experience in environmental justice and community advocacy to sign-up to provide technical assistance for communities impacted the most via the EPA Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers (“TCTAC”) Program. The goal of the TCTAC Program is to remove institutional barriers and to improve accessibility to federal funding for disinvested communities impacted by decades of structural environmental injustice and are already doing essential environmental and energy justice work.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is seeking suggestions for experts to participate in a consensus study on the potential functions of a new center for paleoenvironmental records of extreme events. Experts will be drawn from diverse areas of paleoclimate and Earth system science, including geology, oceanography, cryospheric science, atmospheric science, paleobiology, and digital and physical repository curation. Nominations due September 13.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS – Coastal GeoTools
You are invited to submit one or more abstract(s) of 300 words or less for the Coastal GeoTools Conference 2025 being held in Wilmington, NC January 27-30, 2025. All abstracts must be submitted via the online submission form by September 30.
Connections to Sustain Science in Latin America Symposium 2025
The Connections to Sustain Science in Latin America Symposium 2025 will be held in partnership with the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) on March 11 – 13, 2025 in Lima, Peru. The Connections to Sustain Science in Latin America program brings together outstanding early/mid-career scientists, engineers, and medical professionals (within 15 years of PhD graduation) from across Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the US and Canada, to explore exciting advances and opportunities in their fields. This symposium will be conducted in English with the goal to catalyze convergence research, innovation, and cross-pollination of ideas. Applications to attend due September 30.
Journal for Emergency Management Call for Papers: Higher Education in Emergency Management Pathways to Professional Excellence in the 21st Century (Manuscripts due Dec 15)
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