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Erie County Climate Adaptation Workshop Set For September 1
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The Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie will host a Climate Adaptation Workshop on September 1 funded by the NOAA Coastal Climate Change Adaptation Initiative.
The workshop is geared to help prepare Erie County's coastal community for the impacts, uncertainties and vulnerabilities of climate change.
City planners, elected officials, local authorities, representatives from state agencies, non-profits, academia and those in the tourism industry and anyone with an interest in climate change adaptation are invited to participate.
While increasing global temperatures will cause higher sea levels for the country’s ocean coastlines, the Great Lakes region is expected to experience drops in lake levels. Even as most of Pennsylvania will experience fewer snow-covered days per year, an unfrozen Lake Erie could mean increases in Erie's total winter snow accumulation.
Changes of this magnitude will have profound community level impacts on water and coastal resources, infrastructure, transportation, energy generation, ecosystems, and human health. Pennsylvania coastal communities are just beginning to understand the consequences of climate change and the need to plan for resulting vulnerabilities.
Dr. James Shortle and Dr. Raymond Najjar from Penn State University will discuss the science of climate change, and the local risks it poses to Pennsylvania. Kim Hoover from the Department of Environmental Protection discussing Pennsylvania’s current climate change actions and Angela Vincent from ICLEI- Local Governments for Sustainability, who will offer tools and resources to aid in Erie’s climate adaptation efforts.
This workshop is free but participants are asked to pre-register. The registration deadline is August 25.
For more information, contact Sara Grise by sending email to: sng121@psu.edu or call 814-602-4383.
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