Peer-to-Peer Connection
Want to learn how neighboring communities are preparing for climate change?
Here are example case studies from coastal communities and ways you can connect with climate-resilience training opportunities, events, and regional networks.
Case-studies
- Coastal Community Grant case studies
- Maine creates coastal hazard resilience tools (PDF)
- Damariscotta prepares for sea level rise with town meetings, surveys, and fundraising (PDF)
- Boothbay analyzes flood risk to inform the community about the flood insurance program (PDF)
- Passamaquoddy Tribe conducts vulnerability assessment and seeks funding (PDF)
- Assessing the Economic Significance of a Public Pier and Boat Launch in Maine
- EPA Stormwater Calculator Demonstration for Lincoln County, ME (PDF)
- Solutions Library challenges and examples of addressing a changing climate
- The Cost of Sea Level Rise – Vinalhaven Edition, an interactive story map that walks one through the challenges faced by an island community
- Milton, NH adopts an ordinance for culverts to match 50 forecasts (PDF)
- One Climate Future: Charting a Course for Portland and South Portland
- Casco Bay Regional Resiliency Assessment (PDF)
- Coordinated Heat Response Plan (PDF) for Cumberland Public Health District
- Collaborating Toward Climate Solutions in W. Penobscot Bay and Passamaquoddy Bay
- Maine Climate News
- Maine Climate Solutions Map
- Resilience and Adaptation in New England (RAINE) Database
Trainings, Events, and Regional Hubs
- Better Safe Than Sorry Workshop Series (PDF) Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve (WNERR), bringing together representatives from ten Southern Maine coastal communities to learn from each other
- Collaborating Towards Climate Solutions Working with municipal officials in both Passamaquoddy and Penobscot Bays to co-develop strategies and assistance services
- Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission Regional Sustainability and Resilience Program SMPCD’s pilot program works to foster more sustainable and resilient communities by leveraging regional collaboration to enhance the effectiveness of local government action.
- Casco Bay Coastal Academy workshop series aimed at building the knowledge base of municipal board members about critical coastal issues, and providing skills training
- Island Institute’s Events and Recordings for community leaders, small businesses, educators, artists, fishermen, and coastal residents
- Coastal Training Program at the Wells Reserve water quality and pollution; watershed planning and management; development, land use, and conservation planning; geographic information and global positioning systems; climate change and sea level rise; habitat restoration, biodiversity, and invasive species
- Climate Adaptation Legal Strategies and Municipal Considerations
- Out of Harms Way Together
- Maine Sustainability & Water Conference
- Beaches Conference
- Maine Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference
- Local Solutions Conferences
- National Adaptation Forum
Regional Networks
- Regional Planning Organizations
- County Emergency Management Agencies
- New England Municipal Sustainability Network
- Association of Climate Change Officers
- American Society of Adaptation Professionals
- International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives
- International Society of Sustainability Professionals