The Climate Impacts Group is pleased to share the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative’s progress with our first annual report! 

A few highlights from the report include: 

• The Tribal Coastal Resilience Portfolio has collaboratively aggregated available climate plans and assessments for 31 individual coastal tribes, as well as plans that focus on multiple tribes. The team, led by Jackson Blalock, Washington Sea Grant, is analyzing the data for content such as specific needs or barriers, existing capabilities, opportunities for collaboration, specific climate adaptation or mitigation actions, potential funding programs, cultural context, and more. 
• The Rural Resilience Portfolio has built on work with Chelan County by providing an analysis of socioeconomic data, supporting two local non-profits, and helping to establish a Science Advisory Committee for Chelan County. The Rural Portfolio is also broadening and strengthening connections in Oregon, and will start work with the City of Umatilla in the upcoming year. 
• The Climate Impacts Group is leading an effort through the Scaling Portfolio that is connecting with frontline organizations to build a program that will provide staffing support to increase capacity and enhance the ability of organizations to self-organize on climate resilience. 

Alongside nine partner organizations, the Climate Impacts Group launched the Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative last fall. The Collaborative is a participatory research program, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, designed to support and advance the climate resilience priorities of frontline communities. Learn more about the Collaborative’s structure and mission on the Collaborative webpage.