SCDRP Newsletter: November 15, 2024

Cultivating

Resilience isn't a quick fix or a one-size-fits-all solution. Building resilience takes time, dedication, and nurturing: thoughtful development of plans and policies, intentional listening to community members, and careful implementation. While many communities across the region face the same natural hazards, each community's unique characteristics may warrant a different "recipe" for resilience.

Climate-Resilient Communities

SCDRP's vision is that communities across the Southeast and Caribbean will be better equipped to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural hazards and disasters. Resilience supports the well-being of the entire community: people, infrastructure, and the natural environment.

Communication

Effective communication is critical to building trusting relationships for community resilience. The success of resilience initiatives depends upon the transparent communication of information, resources, plans, and feedback between practitioners, governments, and communities. Transparent communication and decision-making processes can help build trust, enabling communities to feel empowered, engaged, and confident in building community resilience. 

Collaboration

SCDRP believes in the power of collaboration to unlock potential. The vision of climate-resilient communities will not be realized by any one person or entity; cultivating communities that are resilient to natural hazards and disasters takes cooperation between all levels of community, government, and industry. From the community champion advocating for the members of their neighborhood, to the Resilience Officer working at the state level to secure policies and plans for resilience, every voice is essential to cultivating equitable resilience.

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Resources

Workshops, Trainings, and Events

Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:

National Academies of Sciences, Medicine, and Engineering

Call for Experts: Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change 

Deadline: November 15, 2024

The Georgia Climate Project (GCP) is seeking community input for two climate-focused conferences in 2025: Super South (April 15-17) and the Georgia Climate Conference (October 20-21). GCP is collaborating with partners to develop content for both conferences. We are seeking community input on a wide range of topics and ideas, including but not limited to: building readiness for climate impacts (adaptation/resilience), reducing emissions (mitigation), climate research, climate solutions, and/or climate communication. Please complete this form to propose ideas for sessions or any other creative ideas for the conferences.

Registration and abstract submissions are now open for the Drought and Aquatic Ecosystems in the Southeast: Informing drought response and ecological resilience to future low-flow events workshop being held on January 7-9, 2025, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Abstracts due November 22) 

NOAA’s Coral Reef Conservation Program is seeking input on the draft National Coral Reef Resilience Strategy. The draft National Resilience Strategy articulates the vision, purpose, and goals that will guide the work of the U.S. coral reef conservation community now and into the future. Submit comments by November 25, 2024. 

Natural Hazards Center: Disability and Disasters Award

The Disability and Disasters Award supports people with disabilities working in disasters, as well as those who care for, study, or advocate on behalf of those with disabilities. Award funds will allow the recipient to attend the annual Natural Hazards Workshop and the Researchers or Practitioners Meetings that follow. Recipients of this award will be recognized at the Workshop and will be asked to present a poster or to serve as panelists, where they can highlight their research and/or practical experiences with disability and disasters. (Applications due December 2)

Natural Hazards Center: Mary Fran Myers Scholarship

The Mary Fran Myers Scholarship recognizes outstanding individuals who share Myers' commitment to disaster research and practice and have the potential to make a lasting contribution to reducing disaster vulnerability. At least one scholarship recipient each year will receive financial support allowing them to attend the Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop. Scholarships can cover part or all of transportation, meals, lodging, and Workshop registration costs.Recipients are recognized at the Workshop and will be asked to present a poster or to serve as panelists, where they can highlight their research or practical experiences with hazards and disasters. (Applications due December 2)

Journal for Emergency Management Call for Papers: Higher Education in Emergency Management Pathways to Professional Excellence in the 21st Century (Manuscripts due Dec 15)

HBCU Climate Change Conference Student Abstract Submission The HBCU Climate Change Conference is accepting student abstract submissions. Due by Dec 15.

Interfaith Power & Light’s Cool Congregations Challenge: This challenge is an annual national contest to recognize “Cool Congregations” that are becoming energy efficient and sustainable role models within their communities. Application period opens November 1 each year. Deadline for entries: December 15. 

 The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has developed a proposed rule to protect workers from extreme heat: Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings. The comment period is open until December 30, 2024. Make your voice heard by providing recommendations or expressing support for this rule.

Natural Hazards Center

Annual Hazards and Disasters Student Paper Competition (Due January 24, 2025)

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.

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