SCDRP Newsletter: August 1, 2024

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SCDRP 2025 Annual Meeting Location Selected!

It's official! The SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting will be held in Wilmington, NC during the first week of February in 2025. Known for its historic downtown, 1.75 mile riverwalk along the Cape Fear River, and close proximity to several beautiful beaches, Wilmington also serves as ideal location to learn about the latest resiliency efforts and projects happening in North Carolina.


If you are interested in joining the SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting Steering Committee, email us at scdrp@secoora.org!


New SCDRP Webpage


We added a new feature to our website: our Calendar page includes a schedule of webinars, conferences, workshops, and trainings relevant to disaster resiliency and other climate-related topics.

Check out the Calendar Page

Collaboration Corner

Feedback Requested

Farah & Farah Law Offices is seeking feedback on their new Hurricane Prep Guide. If you have comments, suggestions, or other feedback on the guide, please email us at scdrp@secoora.org.

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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Things we're excited about....

U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources awarded $69 million in funding through NOAA's Climate Resilience Regional Challenge


The project, entitled "Climate Resilience and Risk Reduction in the U.S. Virgin Islands," is one of 19 projects selected for funding. The project will enhance water security, protect against flooding and drought, protect cultural and ecological resources, increase public access, and contribute to a climate-ready workforce.

Project Summary

Paris Olympics, Sustainability Initiatives, and Climate Change




Watch:

Paris Olympics Sustainability Initiatives (Reuters)






In a newly published article, Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan, discusses the impact of climate change on Olympic athletes and international sporting events and how the 2024 Paris Olympics are championing sustainability initiatives.


Read McCullough's article here.


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See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!

Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships:


S.C. Sea Grant Consortium

Assistant Director for Research and Partnerships (review of applications will begin August 30, 2024)

 $68,397 to $82,935


Caribbean Climate Change Centre

Information Systems & Big Data Analyst and Software Engineer & Data Analyst 

(Applications due August 16) 



Student and Early Career Professionals


North Carolina State University and North Carolina Central University are recruiting for graduate opportunities. This opportunity is funded by NOAA through the Transformational Habitat Restoration and Coastal Resilience initiative, and will support living expenses, tuition, health insurance, and research experience for selected students. Please reach out to Dr. Carressa Gerald (cgerald6@nccu.edu) and Dr. David Eggleston (eggleston@ncsu.edu) for more information on the opportunities. 


University of Florida - Biological Scientist II (Applications Close August 15) 

$46,500 to $50,000 


Closing Soon....


FEMA

Assistant Administrator Risk Management (Closing August 2) 

$147,689 - $221,900 per yea

Emergency Management Specialist (Geospatial) (Closing August 5) 

$91,897 - $119,463 per year


Sustain SC

Senior Vice President of Conservation (Closing August 5)

$100,000 - $120,000 per year or commensurate with experience

NOAA

Program Analyst (Closing August 5) 

$78,969 - $181,216 per year

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EPA

Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR)

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Management (Closing August 7)​

$191,901 - $221,900 per year

Chatham County Emergency Management Agency

Emergency Management Specialist (closing August 7) 

$54,068 Annually

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National Climate Adaptation Science Center

CASC National Tribal Coordinator (Application review begins August 1, applications open until position is filled)

Salary is based on a GS-14 pay scale.

Click Here for More Jobs

Funding Spotlight

Nature-Based Solutions Funding Database 

National Wildlife Federation’s interactive database for communities interested in pursuing federal funding and/or technical assistance for nature-based solutions. 


Water Finance Clearinghouse 

The EPA’s Water Finance Clearinghouse has two searchable databases: Funds and Resources. The Funds database contains potential funding sources for water infrastructure. The Resources database contains resources such as reports, case studies, and webinars about financing mechanisms and approaches that can help communities access capital to meet their water infrastructure needs. The Clearinghouse also hosts Water Finance learning modules which provide information on different financing sources and funding topics related to water infrastructure investments.


Closing soon....


Call 6: Tornado Ready Research and Data Publication: The Natural Hazards Center is now accepting proposals for Tornado Ready Research and Data Publication in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences. This call will prioritize proposals for tornado research focused on settings that serve or house socially marginalized populations.

Proposals due August 9, 2024



BoatUS Foundation

Special Funding Opportunity: Abandoned and Derelict Vessel Removal Grant Program  

With funding from the NOAA Marine Debris Program provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the BoatUS Foundation will award up to $7.5 million in grants to remove abandoned and derelict vessels across coastal and marine areas of the United States. 

(LOI due August 12, 2024)

More Funding Opportunities Here! 

Resources

NOAA Digital Coast

Funding and Financing Coastal Resilience

Use these Digital Coast and partner resources to learn what it takes to fund and finance projects designed to enhance coastal resilience. Topics include funding and financing strategies, how others are approaching this task, and information about the types of economic information that may be needed.


National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool

This tool starts the process of identifying large public and private coastal and nearshore land areas ideal for restoration and analyzes their potential to provide maximum protection to human communities, while also restoring or improving habitat for fish and wildlife. The Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool, or CREST, integrates data available at the national level, ensuring a consistent and contiguous data set for U.S. coastlines, while also informing resilience planning and project development in local communities. In territories where national data were not available, local data sets were used.



More Resources Here! 

Upcoming Webinars

EPA Tools & Resources Training Webinar: Tools for Adaptation Planning - LASSO and ICLUS (TODAY August 1)


National Hazards Center

Public Health Disaster Research Award Webinar (TODAY August 1)


Transportation Research Board

Day-to-Day Practices to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Asphalt (August 6)


National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Virtual Public Meeting (August 8)


NOAA Marine Debris Program

Tropical Islands Partnering on Solutions for Marine Debris Webinar Series (Next webinar August 13) 


Natural Hazards Center 

Becoming a Hazards and Disaster Professional: Steps for Students (August 13)

More Webinars Here! 

Workshops, Trainings, and Events

Upcoming and newly added events are listed below. More events can be found on the Calendar Page of our website.

Friends of Our Florida Reefs 

Summer 2024 Reef Clean-Ups (Multiple dates)


EPA EJScreen (the Agency's environmental justice screening and mapping tool)

Office Hours & Training: August 21, 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


Native American Fish and Wildlife Society

2024 Southeast and Northeast Joint Regional Conference: September 10-11, Warsaw, VA


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

Visit our Events Calendar

Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:


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.


2024 Climate Adaptation Leadership Awards Nomination Form

(Nominations due August 7)


2024 Southeast and Northeast Joint Conference: Call for Abstracts - Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (Due August 2)


Creating Resilient Water Utilities (CRWU) | US EPA 

Request no-cost climate change risk assessment technical assistance for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities. Requesting communities will receive one-on-one no-cost climate change risk assessment support using EPA’s Resilient Strategies Guide, Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool, and Climate and Weather Data Maps. To apply, email Aliza Furneaux (Furneaux.aliza@epa.gov) by August 15th.


IOPscience is seeking articles for their Focus on Environmental Health and Disasters collection. In this Focus Collection, they will bring together research articles, reviews, and perspectives that evaluate the direct and indirect impacts of environmental disasters on human health from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, including epidemiology, public health, sociology, economics, environmental engineering, psychology, environmental hazards and disaster research, and other relevant fields. Submissions due Due Aug 16.


Social Sciences (an open access journal) is calling for manuscript submissions on Community-Engaged Research for Environmental Justice. (Deadline September 1)


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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