Climate Change Adaptation - Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Humans have been adapting to the vagaries of weather for millennia, sometimes successfully sometimes not. Today, the myriad of important federal laws that regulate the impacts of human activity in our natural environment not only complicates plans for climate change adaptation, but also act as a strong justification for proactive planning, engagement and action. The challenge of adaptation will result in increased opportunities for more effective interaction with other federal agencies, communities and scientific organizations to better meet needs of the community at large and the readiness goals of the constantly evolving military mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA554338

Entities

People

  • Gerald Pease Jr.

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Interior

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Climate Change Adaptation
  • Communities
  • Environment
  • Federal Law
  • Law
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Scientific Organizations
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Urban Areas

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design