SCDRP Newsletter: February 13, 2025 | |
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Thank you to the speakers, Steering Committee members, volunteers, attendees, and everyone who made the SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting a resounding success!
With 130 registered attendees, this year's meeting was SCDRP's largest yet. All session recordings will be posted on the SCDRP Youtube Channel soon. We will be sharing photos, videos, and more to the 9th Annual Meeting webpage in the coming weeks!
You can watch the recordings of Day 1 and 2 Keynote Addresses now!
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If you attended the SCDRP 9th Annual Meeting, please take our Exit Survey so that we can capture your feedback! | | |
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Read our 2024 Impact Report to learn more about SCDRP's new initiatives, growth, and impact on resilience practitioners in the Southeast and Caribbean!
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Resource Highlight: EJ Screen Tool
The Public Environmental Data Partners, have provided an unofficial copy of the EJ Screen Tool. EJScreen is an environmental justice screening tool that allows users to map locations that have higher environmental burdens/vulnerable populations.
It includes a wealth of data on environmental burden indicators, socioeconomic indicators, service gaps, and more. Explore the tool here.
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New Publication: "America Prepared: A New Approach--Building a Nation Prepared for Extreme Weather"
A new publication, published by the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability at Duke University and authored by Lydia Olander, Xavier Briggs, and Elizabeth Losos, provides recommendations for actions that the federal government can take to prepare the country for extreme weather events. These actions include:
- "Empower a national preparedness lead with presidential authority"
- "Develop a national preparedness and resilience plan and implementation strategy"
- "Align climate-informed information on extreme weather and natural hazard risks and build an information pipeline that can support local decision-making and preparedness"
- "Simplify federal support for risk reduction and empower state and local action"
(Olander, L., X. Briggs, and E. Losos, 2025)
Read the Publication Here
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Collaboration Corner & Partner Announcements | |
NOAA is seeking partner organizations interested in bringing a new workshop, “Let’s Talk About Trust,” to their community. This goal of this workshop is to strengthen relationships between coastal managers and marginalized communities. By hosting this course, partners provide a space for participants to explore trust- and relationship-building resources, discuss key concepts among peers, and collaboratively identify successful strategies to overcome challenges. All experience levels are welcome, and the six-hour workshop can be customized to fit the group’s needs. | |
Do you have an announcement, 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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Join us! Discover SCDRP Membership options and benefits by clicking below: | |
See Below for Job Opportunities, Upcoming Webinars/Events, Funding Opportunities, and Helpful Resources!
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Job Opportunities, Internships, and Fellowships | |
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South Carolina Office of Resilience
State Planner III (Closing Feb 17)
Richland County, SC
$38,985.00 - $72,134.00 Annually
ClimateWorks Foundation
Program Manager, Adaptation and Resilience
Remote
$95,000 - $100,000 annually
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center (SE CASC) seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar in the social-natural sciences to lead a team designing and conducting a synthesis of climate adaptation science and practice in the Southeastern US and US Caribbean.
Preference will be given to candidates who can reside in the Triangle, with office space at NC State University.
$63,000 - $69,000
South Florida Water Management District
SUPERVISOR - ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST
South Florida
$62,961.60-$107,910.40
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Fellowships, Internships, and Early Career Opportunities:
The Water Institute
Coastal Ecologist
Baton Rouge, LA
$55,000 per year
The Miami Foundation
Economic Resilience Fellow
Miami, FL
$90,000 - $100,000
Rising Voices Changing Coasts Summer Internship
Paid Internship; May 18, 2025-July 12, 2025
This internship trains participants how to explore climate changes through the multiple lenses of research instructed by Native scholars. It will center Indigenous Knowledges/sciences and compliment Western Science as it explores the many ways to do climate science work.
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FEMA
Safeguarding Tomorrow through Ongoing Risk Mitigation Revolving Loan Fund Program
The objective of the Safeguarding Tomorrow RLF program is to capitalize or recapitalize entity-established revolving loan funds that will provide low-interest loans to local governments most in need of financing assistance to complete hazard mitigation projects and activities. The program aims to reduce risks from natural hazards for homeowners, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and communities in order to decrease the loss of life and property, the cost of insurance, and federal disaster payments
Closing September 30, 2025
Closing Soon:
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UC Santa Cruz Professional Development Course in Coastal Climate Resilience
Gain expertise from top sustainability and resilience professionals with a multi-sector network of instructors that share a dedication to implementing practical solutions to coastal resilience projects. This course is tailored for those actively working across the United States at the interface of climate and coastal adaptation; especially those in positions to plan, finance, implement, model, or incentivize coastal adaptation projects. Course starts March 20, 2025.
Coastal Zone Management Act 101
Coastal Zone Management Act 101 is a collection of introductory modules to help new and inexperienced coastal management program staff members understand how coastal programs work, including tasks and basic responsibilities. These interactive modules provide examples, explanations of terms and concepts, and information on how the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) supports coastal management program work.
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Workshops, Trainings, and Events | |
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Just Added:
From Billions to Trillions: Catalyzing Private Investment in Climate Solutions The Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
April 9, 2025: Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
GOMA All Hands Meeting 2025 - Gulf of Mexico Alliance
May 5-8, 2025: Biloxi, MS
NOAA Digital Coast Training Calendar
Upcoming events:
Extreme Weather Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBES) Summit
Feb 18-21, Shepherdstown, WV
National Academies for Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Workshop: Building Health and Resilience Research Capacity in the U.S. Gulf Coast: Elevating Minority-Serving Institutions as Key Partners
February 20, Virtual & In-person: New Orleans, LA 9 am-6 pm
People's Climate Innovation Center Vision Power Solutions Workshop Series
4 part virtual series on community-driven planning for racial and climate justice
February 20-December 4, 2025 (See website for exact workshop dates)
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State of the Science Meeting on Health and Safety of Gulf Coast and U.S. Caribbean Fishers
March 3-4, San Juan, PR
Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Response Workshop
Hosted by NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration, in collaboration with the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Response Research Center
March 3-6, 2025 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico
For any questions or to register, please contact kathy.mandsager@unh.edu.
2nd Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Extreme Heat Summit
March 10-11, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR
Climate Correction Conference 2025: Leaders in Action
The Volo Foundation
March 12-13, Orlando, FL
WRRI Annual Conference
March 19-20, Raleigh, NC
Caribbean Conservation Community of Practice Annual Meeting
March 25-27, St. Thomas, USVI
American Planning Association
National Planning Conference
Denver, CO March 29-April 1
Online April 23-25
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Calls for Information, Comments, Surveys, Applications:
Join FEMA’s Youth Preparedness Council (YPC)
The intent of the Youth Preparedness Council is to bring together young leaders who have an interest in making a difference in their communities and in advancing disaster preparedness efforts on a national and local level. Youth Preparedness Council members complete disaster preparedness projects that help improve the disaster resiliency of the nation. The application cycle will be announced shortly.
The University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) is seeking applicants and internship partners for the new Professional Science Master (PSM) degree as part of UVI’s Marine and Environmental Science program (MMES).
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft of the Interim Framework for Advancing Consideration of Cumulative Impacts, providing agency programs and regional offices with tools and principles to consider cumulative impacts in their work. EPA welcomes public feedback on the draft Framework by February 19.
The American Society for Floodplain Managers requests your input to improve our floodplain management future training, tools and products. The questionnaire will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. The questions focus on types of training (in-person workshops, webinars, asynchronous courses), training activities, and how that training is delivered. The deadline to participate is the end of the day February 21, 2025.
The Natural Hazards Center is inviting researchers from all disciplines to submit abstracts focused on any topic related to hazards and disasters for the 2025 Researchers Meeting, which will be held July 16-17, 2025 in Broomfield, CO. Researchers may present research or lead a roundtable discussion. Deadline to submit abstracts is February 28, 2025.
The Ocean Innovator Award recognizes and promotes innovative ocean-related research and applied solutions. This award is open to early career individuals (loosely defined as up to 3 years into your career) in ocean, coastal, or estuarine fields, including current students, with a particular interest in projects that create unique solutions to salient ocean and coastal topics, such as renewable energy, conservation, and beyond. Top winners will be selected based on the quality and originality of their research. Winners will receive a cash prize up to $2,000 and be featured on an Ocean Innovators Webinar to elevate their work across the nation. Applications are due March 2, 2025.
NOAA’s Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) is gathering input from users of tidal datums and coastal tools, like flood forecasting models and inundation maps, on the upcoming National Tidal Datum Epoch (NTDE) update. This quick, 3-minute survey will help NOAA understand how these changes may affect coastal practitioners and guide the creation of resources to better support communities facing coastal flooding and other challenges. Your feedback will be valuable in shaping tools to meet the needs of those working along our coasts.
The Southeast Regional Climate Center (SERCC) requests feedback on "Expanded Caribbean Section of Southeast Quarterly Impacts and Outlook Report"
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.
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