Cooperative Agreement AID517A1500008

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $299,848 Project Grant to Headwaters Economics Inc. under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program. The grant will fund the development of a validated Rural Climate-Adaptive-Capacity Index for the entire United States. Headwaters Economics will use mixed methods to calibrate and validate an index of climate adaptive capacity for rural communities. Notably, the research aims to distinguish social vulnerability from adaptive...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research grant program (CFDA 11.431) is for $149,837 over a 2-year period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The project will develop an evaluation framework and set of adaptation indicators using a community-based approach in the U.S. Southwest, specifically in Arizona and New Mexico. The project team will conduct in-depth interviews with community...

The University of Arizona was awarded a $333,606 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The project will develop high-resolution hydroclimatic maps and data for southern California to assess climate change impacts and support adaptation planning. Key deliverables include spatial data layers for historical and projected future climate and hydrological conditions, 30-year climate summaries, and...

The $500,000 project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's Economic Adjustment Assistance program will support the City of Tucson's proposal to establish Southern Arizona as a living lab for climate adaptation and resilience in agriculture. The funding will be used to develop an innovation ecosystem for sustainable agriculture startups to create economically sustainable climate adaptation opportunities for the region's agricultural industry and workforce....

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) provides $960,000 to develop a prototype climate service system that will deliver information on climate-related risks to decision-makers across various sectors. The award period is from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2028. The proposed system will leverage existing infrastructure and new cloud-based platforms to provide climate...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $149,928 and funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under the Climate and Atmospheric Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 11.431), aims to evaluate how existing Decision-Support Tools (DSTs) can be leveraged to increase climate adaptation action by small and mid-sized cities across the United States. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) develop a typology and assess the usability of DSTs on the Climate...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a $400,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program (CFDA 11.431) to the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to develop the Climate Adaptive Drought Planning (CADP) platform. The CADP platform aims to deliver equitable data access and enable comprehensive drought risk management by amalgamating datasets on water infrastructure, supply, demand, and socioeconomic trends. The Lincoln Institute will...

This $200,000 cooperative agreement from the U.S. Geological Survey will fund a project delivering climate adaptation tools and guidance for inland fisheries management. Under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers program, the award supports developing an age-structured fisheries model and convening discussions with the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The Regents of...

The University of Colorado received a $888,273 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Geological Survey under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program. The project will develop and deliver detailed quantitative projections of 21st century water balance, water availability, and ecological drought metrics across the contiguous United States. This will be accomplished through ecosystem water balance modeling with a daily time step and multiple soil...

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $399,846 Cooperative Agreement under the National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CFDA 15.820) program to the University of Colorado to conduct a two-year project titled "Landscape-Scale Climate Change Adaptation Planning for National Wildlife Refuges in the Crown of the Continent". The project aims to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) develop new guidance for Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCPs) to ensure...