Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

UCAR congressional briefing highlights flood, drought prediction Nation poised to make major advances in "water intelligence"

Type

Literature

Publication

UCAR congressional briefing highlights flood, drought prediction: Nation poised to make major advances in "water intelligence". UCAR. 2016.

Year Published

2016

Organization

UCAR

Description

Ryan Emanuel, a researcher with the Southeast CSC, recently testified at a congressional briefing regarding the vulnerability of indigenous peoples across the country to drought and flooding. The briefing was sponsored by the University Corporation for Academic Research and emphasized the importance of water and current water challenges in the U.S.

Geography

National

Website

https://news.ucar.edu/122813/ucar-congressional-briefing-highlights-flood-droug…

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.