SCDRP Newsletter: August 23, 2024 | |
The SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting will take place in Wilmington, NC on February 4-5, 2025 at the Aloft Wilmington at Coastline Center, right in downtown Wilmington! 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.
We are still looking for volunteers to join the Annual Meeting Steering Committee to help us plan speaker/panel sessions, field trips, and activities. If you're interested in joining the Steering Committee, please email us at scdrp@secoora.org by Friday, September 6.
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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. To pledge your support or make a contribution, please visit our SCDRP Annual Meeting Sponsorship Online Payment Portal.
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Coming up.....
Advisory Board nominations are opening soon! Reach out to us with questions about the role of the Advisory Board or the nomination and election process. Keep an eye out for more information to come!
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Help us reach our Mentorship Program fundraising goal
We are seeking $4,000 in donations/sponsorships to cover the costs of SCDRP memberships for all participants in the first SCDRP Mentorship cohort, many of whom are students and job-seekers. We are thrilled to share that we have 22 people enrolled in our inaugural Mentorship cohort! Our mentees include grad and doctoral students, as well as early and mid-career professionals looking to build skills and experience in the field of resilience. Mentors include experienced resilience professionals from multiple sectors with a wid.e array of expertise. To pledge your support or make a contribution, please visit our SCDRP Mentorship Program Online Payment Portal.
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August Partnership Meeting Recording now Available | |
The SCDRP August Partnership Meeting recording is now available on our Youtube channel. Sharon Mesick, Director of NOAA Southern Regional Climate Services, and Chris Fuhrmann, Ph.D., the Deputy Director and Regional Climatologist for NOAA’s Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC), presented on the tools and data available from NOAA Regional Climate Services. They highlighted the following resources in their presentation: | |
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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Become a Member of SCDRP! | |
SCDRP has adopted a new Tiered Membership Model. All membership fees support SCDRP's capacity to serve as a trusted regional network to facilitate knowledge-exchange and advance equitable climate adaptation approaches in the Southeast and Caribbean. Visit our Membership page for updated member dues structure. | |
Things we're excited about.... | |
Image Credit: John A. Anderson/Shutterstock.com
New Marine Reserve in Puerto Rico
This month, a new marine reserve, Submerged Gardens Natural Reserve of Vega Baja and Manatí, was established on the north coast of Puerto Rico. At 43,701 acres, the reserve contains one of the largest concentrations of Elkhorn coral in the Caribbean. The establishment of the reserve is a major win for resilience; coral reefs act as natural barriers that protect coasts during hurricanes and other severe weather. The reserve was established as a result of collaboration between local communities, local government, and environmental organizations, including Surfrider.
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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....
Institute for Sustainable Communities
Program Assistant
$51,064 - $60,000 per year
Program Officer
$61,681 - $72,475 per year
Director, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL)
$125,848 - $157,309 per year
Lee County Emergency Management
Emergency Management Coordinator (Closing August 30)
$43,888.00 - $85,812.22 per year
Hive Fund for Climate and Gender Justice
Senior Communications and Development Manager (Closing August 31)
$140,000-$170,000 per year
NOAA
Senior Advisor for Capacity Building and External Engagement (Closing September 6)
$147,649 - $221,900 per year
National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO)
Geospatial and general application/database development position (Closing September 13)
Salary and benefits are commensurate with experience and comparable to a GS-11
Duke University, Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Research Associate (Closing September 30)
Duke University
Director, Marketing and Communications for Climate & Sustainability
Western Carolina University
Assistant Professor - Emergency and Disaster Management
Review of applications will begin 10/1/2024 and will continue until the position is filled
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Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
BWF's Career Awards at the Scientific Interface (CASI) provide $560,000 over five years to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service.
LOI due September 4, 2024
The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) & FEMA
Fiscal Year 2024 Next Generation Warning System Grant Program
This grant supports projects that aid in creating and maintaining a resilient public alert and warning system that provides timely and effective warnings, especially including areas that are traditionally underserved by broadcast providers.
Application Closing September 18, 2024
National Science Foundation
Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2)
The NSF Directorate for Geosciences (GEO), in partnership with the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP), seeks to support translation of research into practical, scalable solutions to climate-related regional resilience problems through innovative collaborations.
LOI Due December 16
Closing Soon....
Resilient Florida Program
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is accepting grant applications for projects to prepare Florida communities for the impacts of flooding and storm surge.
The online grant application portal is open now through Sept. 1, 2024.
Citizen Science for Improved Stock Assessments and Climate-Ready Fisheries Management
NOAA Fisheries will accept proposals for citizen science projects that help improve stock assessments or contribute to our understanding of how our fisheries and fishing communities may be impacted by changing environmental conditions. (Optional LOI due September 5, Proposals due November 4, 2024
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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. | |
Stressed, overwhelmed or struggling with climate apathy, anxiety and eco-grief? Want to be more effective in leadership and advocacy? Disillusioned by the "polycrises" we face? Join the B.Nature Course: an eight-week journey from embodied presence to embodied action for the well-being of people and the planet, designed for leaders and changemakers across sectors.
Learn more about B.Nature.
Few scholarships, sliding scale and special pricing available for youth (18-35), elders (65+) and BIPOC applicants. Graduates have the option to partner in our registered UN Water Action Partnership Project.
The program is by invitation only. Attendance at an orientation is required to enroll.
RSVP for Orientation on September 12 or 26, 2024 at 6pm EST
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Just added:
Georgia Power IRP Training Session 01
Southface and Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) invite you to join us for the first of a six-part training and roundtable discussion in preparation for the 2025 Georgia Power Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the utility’s 20-year energy resource plan.
September 18, Decatur, GA
Planning with Nature-Based Solutions in Coastal Georgia
CERN/MPC and Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve (SINERR) developed a comprehensive course focused on integrating green infrastructure and nature-based solutions into planning strategies to bolster community resilience.
This is a free online course in Google Classroom, with a mandatory Zoom meeting every Wednesday from 10am-11:30am from October 1st through November 9th.
Earn 7 AICP Credits with this course
2024 USET/USET SPF Annual Meeting
Hosted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida
October 7-9, Hollywood, FL
Flooding Adaptation Symposium
October 28-31, 2024
Kissimmee, FL
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Other upcoming events:
Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network (CCAN)
Regional Climate Adaptation Workshops (August 30)
Transportation Research Board
Transportation Symposium on Environment, Energy, and Livable Economies: Aug 25-28, Denver, CO
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
Florida Resilience Conference
September 11-13, Bonita Springs, FL
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine:
Macroeconomic Implications of Decarbonization Policies and Actions Workshop: Sep 12-13, DC or Virtual
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
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.
Social Sciences (an open access journal) is calling for manuscript submissions on Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice. (Deadline September 1)
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.
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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