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.

Robert Chen

Type

Scientist

Organization

Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN); Columbia University

Description

During more than 20 years at CIESIN, Dr. Chen has helped initiate and manage a wide range of projects and data development efforts, including CIESIN's widely used Gridded Population of the World (GPW) data set, its Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators (ENTRI) service, its global poverty data collection, and the Geospatial Data Preservation Resource Center. He is currently leading or co-leading research and data development projects on topics such as earthquake risk assessment, environment and security, climate adaptation, and sustainability education.

Geography

Northeast

Atlantic

Website

http://www.ciesin.org/chen.html

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.