This proposal, entitled a northeast safe and thriving for all (NEST), will convene rights HOLDERS1 and stakeholders to surface research questions and strategies that can promote regional, integrated…

This cooperative agreement from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will fund $199,994 to Antioch University New England for the NEST project under the Climate and Atmospheric Research program. The project will convene stakeholders in the Northeast region to identify research questions and strategies promoting integrated climate adaptation. It will review equity in existing regional adaptation efforts and bring together subregional networks in Vermont, New Hampshire, coastal Maine, and upstate New York to surface social, governance, and planning factors impacting climate migration. The awardee will partner with rights holders to develop a regional adaptation network centered on in-migration issues. The period of performance is September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2023.

This proposal, entitled a northeast safe and thriving for all (NEST), will convene rights HOLDERS1 and stakeholders to surface research questions and strategies that can promote regional, integrated adaptation. First, we will review the extent to which climate adaptation research, policy, plans, and projects in the region address central concerns of equity under climate migration. Second, we will bring together existing subregional networks in the vermont and new hampshire upper valley, coastal maine and new hampshire, and rustbelt cities in upstate new york. Subregional convenings will surface (a) how social and cultural factors shape beliefs and reactions to planning efforts for adaptation and climate migration; (B) how governance and capacity deficits impede planning and implementation and how these constraints may be addressed; and (C) which entities should be centered in a regional adaptation network that takes in-migration seriously. Third, we will partner with antioch UNI