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ab32publichealth -- CAT-PHWG ANNOUNCEMENT: President's Task Force on Climate Preparedness Recommendations Unveiled
Posted: 20 Nov 2014 11:56:50
On Nov. 17th the Obama Administration unveiled recommendations made by the President’s State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness. Last year, as part of his Climate Action Plan, President Obama established the State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, which recognizes that even as we act to curb the carbon pollution that drives climate change, we must also improve our ability to prepare for the climate impacts we are already seeing across the country. The Task Force’s recommendations are the culmination of a year of work to solicit input from across State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, trade associations, academic organizations, civil society, and various other stakeholders and translate their first-hand experiences into action items for the Federal Government to support climate-ready communities. The Administration is also announcing new tools and actions to help these leaders and others contend with climate impacts and build healthy and resilient communities, including a web-based Climate Resilience Toolkit that provides for the first time easy, intuitive access to dozens of Federal tools that can directly help planners and decision makers across America conduct their work in the context of a changing climate. Climate Resilience Toolkit: http://toolkit.climate.gov/ For more information please click on the following links: REPORT: President's State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience: Recommendations to the President at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/task_force_report_0.pdf “Preserving Human Health & Supporting Resilient Populations,” is one of seven recommendation themes that are addressed in the report. TOOLKIT: http://toolkit.climate.gov/ The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit provides scientific tools, information, and expertise to help people manage their climate-related risks and opportunities, and improve their resilience to extreme events. The site is designed to serve interested citizens, communities, businesses, resource managers, planners, and policy leaders at all levels of government. Version 1.0 of the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit was developed over a six-month period in 2014 by a partnership of federal agencies and organizations led by NOAA. FACTSHEET: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/Press_Releases/November_17_2014 NEXT MEETING FEBRUARY 24th 2015 1-4pm For additional information please contact: Brooke Sommerfeldt, MPH Office of Health Equity, CDPH (510) 620-3137 or brooke.sommerfeldt@cdph.ca.gov California is in a drought emergency. Visit www.SaveOurH2O.org for water conservation tips.