Transcript City practitioners want to know what other cities are doing!

Integrating Adaptation into
Municipal Plans and Programs
Beth Gibbons, GLAA-C Project Manager
Background on GLAA-C
City practitioners want to know
what other cities are doing!
 Political cover
 Creates a road map for action
 Builds a network of local
colleagues
Cities need local services and
local data
 Climate data
 Exposure data
 Management approaches
Internal education
 What is already taking place
 Where can interdepartmental
collaboration happen
GLAA-C Network
Embedding Adaptation
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Aviation
Buildings Code and Permitting
Economic Development
Engineering Department
Finance Department
Forestry and Parks
Health Department
Procurement Services
Transportation Department
Utilities Department
Zoning Board of Appeal
Examples of Adaptation
• Landscaping in medians and along
street edge to filter runoff and
reduce the 'heat island effect‘ (Ann
Arbor, MI)
• Basement flooding protection
subsidy program- for installing backwater valves & sump pumps on
household sewer connections
(Windsor, ON)
• Establish requirements for minimum
percent tree cover in locations with
high pavement density such as
parking lots (Louisville, KY)
• Encourage municipal facilities as
cool down centers, encourage use
of wading pools and outdoor splash
pools (Kingston, ON)
Focus on Toledo
Key Areas of Impact
- Variable lake levels in Lake Erie
- Severe precipitation events leading to combined
sewer overflow
- Upstream flooding
Challenges to Adaptation
- Costly port maintenance leaves limited resources
- Climate change skepticism amongst community
members
Resources for Adaptation
- Strong Intergovernmental cooperation between
the City and surrounding County
- High engagement from local, state and federal
agencies
GLAA-C Focus Area
- Engage key local business to explore climate
change preparedness and how business may
incorporate adaptation strategies into their business
models
- Stormwater Management Plan update and process
development
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Historical Climate Changes Recap
Temperature
Increase 1.6
Taken from GLISA: Historical Climatology: Toledo, OH
Precipitation
Increase 7.7
Strategies for Toledo
Stormwater management
strategies
− Nuisance flooding (roads and
basements)
− Combined Sewer Overflow
Events
Heat Preparedness
− Warning and Response
strategies
− Heat Island Reduction
− Urban Forest Management
Outreach and Engagement
− Vulnerable populations
− Business
− Port Authority
Map indicating what summers in Ohio might
"feel" like under a low and high greenhouse
gas emissions scenario
Mapping Climate Across the Region
http://headwaterseconomics.org/interactive/great-lakes-atlas
Integrating Adaptation in Toledo
• Based on the results of the morning’s presentations, what systems within
Toledo do you think are currently or could be impacted by weather and longterm climate change?
• What strategies already exist across the City departments to address these
climate change impacts?
• What actions are your department, other departments, or the city as a whole
taking to prepare for existing and projected future climate related impacts to
these systems?
• What strategies could the city or your department implement to build a
more resilient system?