Tribes throughout the United States are developing and implementing tribal climate change adaptation plans and climate vulnerability assessments. Search this list for examples of tribal climate change adaptation plans, as well as other plans and planning resources that may be useful reference guides.
Title |
Description | Category | Geography | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Upper Snake River Watershed |
The Upper Snake River Tribe has completed their Climate Assessment for the Upper Snake River Watershed. It includes their Climate Vulnerability Assessment, Climate Vulnerability Project Summary, Riparian Summary Sheet, Mule Deer Climate Summary Sheet, Jackrabbit Climate Summary Sheet, Geyers Williow Climate Summary Sheet, Columbia Spotted Frog Climate Summary Sheet, Chokecherry Climate Summary Sheet, Chinook Salmon Climate Summary Sheet, and Big Sagebrush Climate Summary Sheet. |
climate change, climate science, planning, policy, management, adaptation, mitigation, sustainability, human health, biodiversity, restoration, natural resource | Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Northwest | Link |
| Puyallup Tribe of Indians Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation Options - 2016 |
From 2015 to 2016, the Puyallup Tribe worked with Cascadia Consulting Group to conduct a Climate Change Impact Assessment and identify options for adaptation. The assessment aimed to help Tribal staff and members better understand and prepare to proactively manage climate risks to ensure that Tribal customs and the Tribal community can thrive for many generations to come, despite a changing climate. |
climate change adaptation plan | Northwest | Link |
| 1854 Ceded Territory Including the Bois Forte, Fond du Lac, and Grand Portage Reservations: Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan |
To the Ojibwe, natural resources are cultural resources. There is no separation between how the bands manage and interact with a resource and how their culture endures: one is dependent on the other. Climate change, however, is threatening the very viability of many natural resources important to the Ojibwe. Warmer winters, increasing fall precipitation, increasing extreme precipitation events, more occurrences of drought, and earlier ice out dates across the 1854 Ceded Territory already are affecting flora and fauna that are imperative to the culture, history, well-being, and life-ways of the Ojibwe people. Through this project, the Bois Forte Band, Fond du Lac Band, Grand Portage Band, and 1854 Treaty Authority partnered with Adaptation International, and the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessment Center at the University of Michigan. The purpose of the project was to investigate how changing climate conditions already are and could continue to affect the landscape and species within the 1854 Ceded Territory and the respective reservations. In addition to assessing changes, the partners also identified climate-related vulnerabilities and identified actions that could be taken to create more climate resilient systems. |
climate change adaptation plan | Midwest | Link |
| Bad River Reservation Seventh Generation Climate Change Monitoring Plan |
This Seventh Generation Climate Monitoring Plan (the Plan) was developed by the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (the Tribe) to detect potential climate change impacts to the ecosystems and natural resources found on the Bad River Indian Reservation (the Reservation). The purpose of the Plan is to monitor for what can sometimes be subtle changes associated with climate change that can occur over many years. https://forestadaptation.org/node/205 |
adaptation, development, climate change impacts, natural resources, cultural resources | Upper midwest and Great Lakes, Wisconsin | Link |
| Blackfeet Climate Change Adaptation Plan |
Through climate adaptation planning the Blackfeet Nation leadership is actively seeking to protect our communities and diverse ecosystems from the impacts of a rapidly changing climate. This plan is the result of the unique holistic Blackfeet Nation planning process that includes all parts of tribal government, while respectfully considering traditional values and a collective community vision for our future. Underlying the plan is the Blackfeet understanding that people and nature are one and that people can only be healthy if we ensure the health of the environment we are part of. The process and production of this climate plan has been a timely effort that is informing the Blackfeet Agricultural Resource Management Plan which is being developed concurrently. Both plans will then inform the Integrated Resource Management Plan which will be carried out over the next two years. |
Tribal Adaptation Plan, climate change, adaptation, TEK, community health, ecosystem health | Montana | Link |
| City of Kwethluk, Alaska: Local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan |
Plan for these natural hazards : flooding, erosion, severe weather, and earthquake. Includes information to assist the city government and residents with planning to avoid potential future disaster losses. 2009 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Clearwater River Subbasin(ID) Climate Change Adaptation Plan |
Adaptation plan developed by the Nez Perce Tribe in Idaho, focused on water and forest resources. 2011 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Northwest | Link |
| Climate Adaptation and Action Plan for the Norton Bay Watershed, Alaska |
Adaption plan for the Norton Bay Watershed is the result of a year of community team effort, bringing in an array of stakeholders and expertise, building partnerships, extensive information gathering, critical thinking, and engaged planning. Norton Bay Inter-Tribal Watershed Council, 2013. |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation |
The Yakama Nation Tribal Council directs all of our community and natural resource programs to carefully assess the vulnerabilities and risks identified in this Climate Adaptation Plan over the next year. In many cases, these considerations will go beyond our reservation lands and necessitate an evaluation of resources throughout the territories of the Yakama Nation. We also direct our programs to prepare and present recommendations for addressing the vulnerabilities and risks—actions that will rebuild resilience and durability within these resources for generations to come. These assessments and recommendations are not intended to be comprehensive, but they represent a substantial beginning on a long path forward. |
climate change, adaptation, planning | Northwest | Link |
| Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Akwesasne |
Adaptation plan for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe in New York. Structured around the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address. 2013 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Northeast | Link |
| Climate Change in Atqasuk, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Atqasuk, Alaska, a traditional Inupiat community located on the west bank of the Meade River, 60 miles south of Barrow. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2014 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Kiana, Alaska Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Kiana, Alaska. Kiana is an Inupiat community of approximately 361 residents, located on the Kobuk River, about 60 miles east of Kotzebue. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2011 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Kivalina, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Rural Arctic communities are vulnerable to climate change and seek adaptation strategies that will protect health and health infrastructure. This report describes climate change impacts on Kivalina, a small Inupiat Eskimo community located on the coast of the Chukchi Sea. Data sources included the observations of local residents, reports from local and regional government officials and health professionals, and scientific evidence gathered from published sources. |
Tribal Health, community health, climate change | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Kivalina, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Kivalina, Alaska. Kivalina is an Inupiat community of approximately 400 residents, located on a small barrier island in Northwestern Alaska. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. 2011 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska, Northwestern Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Levelock, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Levelock, Alaska. As of 2012, there were about 88 residents, mostly Alaska Native people of Alutiiq and Yupik descent. Levelock is situated about 40 miles north from Naknek, 60 miles east of Dillingham and 278 miles southwest of Anchorage. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2014. |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Levelock, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Climate change refers to change over time due to natural variability |
Tribal Health, community health, climate change, natural resources | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Noatak, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Noatak, Alaska. Noatak is an Inupiat community of approximately 500 residents, located on the west bank of the Noatak River, about 55 miles north of Kotzebue. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2011 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska, Coastal | Link |
| Climate Change in Noatak, Alaska; Strategies for Community Health |
This report documents climate change impacts as described by the local people and interpreted |
Tribal Health, community health, climate change, disease, food security | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Nondalton, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Nondalton, Alaska. Nondalton is mostly Alaska Native People of Dena'ina decent, averaging about 169 residents. Nondalton is located on the west shore of Six Mile Lake, between Lake Clark and Iliamna Lake. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2013. |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Nondalton, Alaska; Strategies for Community Health |
Climate change refers to change over time due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (IPCC, 2008). Alaska is experiencing a wide range of impacts from climate change and communities seek adaptive strategies that encourage wellness and sustainability. This report documents climate change impacts as described by local people and climate change effects or potential effects as interpreted through the lens of public health. It is the seventh report in a series describing climate change across Alaska, and the second report to focus on the Bristol Bay region, the first being in the community of Pilot Point. |
Tribal Health, community, climate change, sustainability | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Nuiqsut, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Nuiqsut, Alaska a traditional Inupiat community located on the West bank of the Colville River, 18 miles south from the inlet to the Beaufort Sea. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2014. |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Aassessment of climate change related health effects in Pilot Point, Alaska. Pilot Point is mostly Alaska Native People of Alutiiq and Yup'ik Eskimo decent, averaging about 64 to 100 residents. Pilot Point is located on the Northern coast of the Alaska Peninsula, on the east shore of Ugashik Bay. 2013 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska, Coastal | Link |
| Climate Change in Point Hope, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Point Hope, Alaska. Point Hope is an Inupiat community of approximately 700 residents, located in Northwestern Alaska on the Chukchi Sea. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2010 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska, Northwest | Link |
| Climate Change in Point Hope, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Today with the added pressure of climate change, Point Hope continues its struggle with increased urgency; against erosion and against other new emerging challenges to the community, the culture, and to public health. |
Tribal Health, climate change, strategies, adaptation | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Selawik, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Selawik, Alaska. Selawik is an Inupiat community of approximately 829 residents, located on the Selawik River, about four miles north of the Arctic Circle and 70 miles east of Kotzebue. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 2014 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska | Link |
| Climate Change in Wainwright, Alaska: Strategies for Community Health |
Assessment of climate change related health effects in Wainwright a traditional Inupiat community located on the Chukchi Sea coast. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, June 2014. |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Alaska, Northwest | Link |
| Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Action Plan 2018 |
Bear River of the Rohnerville Rancheria (BRBRR or “the Rancheria”) seeks to take a proactive position in planning for climate change impacts. In 2016 the BRBRR Tribal Council approved its first plan known as “the Climate Action Plan,” which describes climate change and some of the vulnerabilities the Rancheria faces. The Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan is intended to build upon the Climate Action Plan. This plan describes the risks and vulnerabilities to BRBRR resources as well as recommends specific steps the Rancheria can take to mitigate and adapt to the climate change impacts affecting tribal trust and fee lands. |
climate change, mitigation, adaptation, action, plan, vulnerabilities | Rohnerville Rancheria | Link |
| Climate Change Preparedness Plan for the North Olympic Peninsula |
It is increasingly apparent that the global climate is rapidly changing and that these changes will affect the people, ecosystems, economy, and culture of the North Olympic Peninsula. The most noticeable impacts will likely include: |
climate change, adaptation strategies, infrastructure, ecosystems, water supplies | North Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Puget Sound | Link |
| Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment: Integrating Scientific and Traditional Ecological Knowledge |
Recently the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) Climate Change Program published Version 1 of our Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Ceded Territories in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. This assessment integrates scientific knowledge from climate models and species vulnerability data with traditional ecological knowledge in an attempt to make climate change information more accessible and culturally relevant for our member tribes and partner agencies. Version 1 contains detailed pages for eleven different beings (species) identified as culturally important by tribal knowledge holders. |
climate change, vulnerability, assessment, species, traditional knowledge, tribal | Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan | Link |
| Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes - Climate Change Strategic Plan |
Plan includes climate change impacts, vulnerabilities and risks and adaptation strategies for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in northwest Montana. 2013 |
Tribal, Adaptation Plan | Northwest, Montana | Link |
