Climate Impacts Group

Introducing the Climate Impacts Group “Our Climate Future” Webinar Series

The Climate Impacts Group (CIG) is beginning a new webinar series, titled “Our Climate Future,” building on 30 years of the organization’s research, data, tools, and impact, to inspire new ways to stay connected and move forward during this critical time.

NCA5 Northwest – November 30 Webinar

Cascadia Consulting Group and the Climate Impacts Group held an informational webinar covering the Northwest Chapter of the Fifth National Climate Assessment on November 30, 2023. The webinar will focus on the significance of the report for Washington, and include information about climate action by Washington State agencies. The webinar recording is now available. Copy and paste the following passcode to access: j!8N*?27 

NW CASC WEBINAR: Updating Your CV to Contextualize Your Contributions in Societally Engaged Work

Are you a researcher engaging with non-academic partners to develop science that meets real-world needs? If so, you may have noticed that the traditional format of scientific CVs, focused on comprehensive lists of publications and presentations, makes it challenging to convey the distinct skills, activities and products associated with your societally engaged research. So how do you develop a CV that accounts for these real-world contributions, yet still aligns with the traditional CV format expected in academia?

Join the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center’s interactive workshop on December 12 to find out! This work session is designed to support you in incorporating narrative elements into your CV that help contextualize your skills and experiences and better communicate your work. 

Register today for Resilience Collaborative Community Grants Program informational webinar

The Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative invites you to register for our Community Grants Program informational webinar! The webinar will be held virtually on Friday, January 20, from noon-1 p.m. PT. Registration is required.  We will briefly discuss the objectives of the Community Grants Program, outline the steps to complete an application and provide a time for questions.

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The Community Grants Program, now in its first year, supports justice-focused, environmental and climate projects that advance community-centered resilience priorities. Grants range from $5,000-$50,000.  Nonprofits, community organizations and Tribes in Washington, Idaho and Oregon that serve frontline communities are eligible to apply. 

Workshop: Resilience planning for small water systems in Washington

Virtual Workshop: Resilience planning for small water systems in Washington
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
9 a.m.–noon

This workshop has past. You can access a recording of the workshop or learn more about this project below. 

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In 2021, Washington experienced record heat, precipitation deficits, low streamflows and declining aquifer levels. The fall and winter has brought record rains and flooding that damaged water system infrastructure. Climate change impacts water systems in Washington in a variety of ways. If operators have insufficient information about how their systems are at risk, the reliability and quality of drinking water could be compromised. 

Crystal Raymond to present in free webinar led by Municipal Research and Services Center

Dr. Crystal Raymond, climate adaptation specialist, will participate in a webinar on building local climate resiliency on Wednesday, January 12. Event details and registration info below.

Local Climate Response – Building Resiliency and Adapting to Impacts

Wednesday, January 12

11 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Credits: CM

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New NW CASC Webinar Series: Practical Frameworks for Collaborative Climate Adaptation Research

Register today for the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center’s upcoming webinar series, “Practical Frameworks for Collaborative Climate Adaptation Research,” featuring content from three new papers that provide useful recommendations for more equitable and effective research collaborations. 

CIG Scientist Harriet Morgan to present in Washington Sea Grant/EarthLab event

Building Resilience to Sea Level Rise Through Science Innovation and Community Engagement

Date: Tuesday, May 11
Time: 12:30-1:30 p.m.

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Harriet Morgan of the Climate Impacts Group will join Washington Sea Grant’s Ian Miller and Nicole Faghin in this virtual webinar to discuss their work as part of the Washington Coastal Resilience Project. They will delve into the hazards people living in Washington’s coastal areas face – ranging from nuisance flooding during King Tide events, eroding coastlines and wave damage – and how sea level rise is exacerbating these hazards. They will detail how incorporating sea level rise projections into the decision-making process will help Washington communities build resilience to coastal hazards, and how the Washington Coastal Resilience Project employed technical innovations and community engagement to rapidly increase the state’s capacity to support proactive local action on these hazards. 

CIG launches new tool and webinar for climate-smart stormwater design

The UW Climate Impacts Group has released an online tool to help stormwater and wastewater managers in the Northwest design and operate with climate change in mind. Developed in collaboration with the City of Portland, City of Gresham and Clackamas County, all in Oregon — and building on previous collaborations in Washington State — the tool provides new localized projections of changing heavy rain events through the end of the 21st century.

Interested in learning more about how to use the tool? Check out our May 20 webinar, featuring UW Climate Impacts Group Scientists Harriet Morgan and Guillaume Mauger, and King County’s Jeff Burkey and Bob Swarner. 

Register Today For Upcoming NW CASC Webinar on Cultural Burning and Collaborative Fire Research and Management

The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center is hosting a three-part webinar series centering tribal perspectives on fire management. The first webinar in the series will be held Tuesday, April 27, 11 a.m. PT.

USFS Research Scientist Dr. Frank Lake will discuss the historical context of cultural burning, clarify misconceptions about cultural burning, and present a decolonizing framework for fire management as a grounding for modern approaches to collaborative fire management that achieve shared values and resource objectives.