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Project 2.1 Climate and Hazard Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) Tool

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires all state, local, and tribal governments to have Hazard Mitigations Plans to be eligible for federal disaster mitigation grants. As part of these plans, communities of all sizes and across all levels of socioeconomic status should be incorporating relevant, timely, accessible historical and projected climate-related hazard information, but […]

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Ocracoke, NC

The intention is to study and work with the Ocracoke community over the next decade in order to assess climate adaptation issues as perceived by community stakeholders and identified through coastal data. This project will explore cultural processes, risk perception, needs, and action among year-round (as opposed to seasonal occupants) of the Ocracoke community. This

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Flooding and heat research in NC

The project team is working to assess when and where extreme heat and flood have sequentially occurred, evaluate whether the probability of their co-occurrence has changed over recent decades, and disseminate results through community partnerships with the intention to inform adaptation and mitigation efforts. The goal is to understand how exposure to consecutive flood events

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Advancing Climate Literacy and Health Equity in the Albermarle Regional Health Services

The Albermarle Regional Health Services (ARHS) covers an 8-county region in the Albermarle-Pamlico Sound/Inner Banks Region of rural Northeastern North Carolina (Chowan, Bertie, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Gates, Hertford, Tyrell, Camden). This region is among the poorest and most vulnerable in the Carolinas. In fall 2021, the C3HE team was approached to advise the ARHS team on

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Integrating Climate into Tribal Governance with the Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)

Through a partnership with the C3HE team, the EBCI aims to create adaptation strategies that will last the next seven generations as part of their 100 Year Vision for the future. The goal of this collaboration is to enhance the capacity of tribal leaders to plan, adapt, and respond to changing climatic conditions. C3HE and

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Raleigh/Durham NIHHIS Urban Heat Mapping Campaign follow-up

Partners hosted a public webinar to disseminate results from the 2021 HeatWatch Campaign, featuring short talks, reflections, and initial analysis of data by partners from MLS, Activate Good, CAPA Strategies, North Carolina State Climate Office (NCSCO), Durham County, and City of Raleigh. New data and maps created by the campaign were disseminated and are available

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