DoD-Led Climate Change Preparedness & Resilience

Regional Panels

E. Rebecca PattonOffice of the Assistant Secretary of Defense

Energy, Installations & EnvironmentJune 22, 2015

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Develop a regional long-term climate change preparedness and resilience planning framework that incorporates stakeholders perspectives and concerns into a regional plan.

Stakeholders may include Federal, state and local government agencies, private sector representatives and citizens.

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Goal

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

• A regional intergovernmental planning process and procedures for executing it.

• A compilation of regionally pertinent climate change data and information that is accessible for planning.

• A regional planning process for climate change preparedness and resilience that identifies shared vulnerabilities, known development plans, and a roadmap for identifying adaptations that reduce risk and enhance future resilience.

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Desired Outputs

Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Considerations

Things that need to be thought about as the pilots are being established:

• Stakeholders: Identification of representation by major stakeholders, interested parties, and informed observers.

• Governance: Leadership, coordination, decision-making criteria, conflict resolution process, succession planning for future leadership.

• Scope of Planning: Definition of geographic region, climate change impacts to be considered, and relation to existing plans.

• Resources: Staffing, in-kind services, funding for planning framework development, participation in meetings, report generation.

• Metrics: Monitoring progress and defining success.

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Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Timeline

• Phased approach over two years. – Phase 1: Development of the planning

framework– Phase 2: Development of a regional plan for

climate change preparedness and resilience– Phase 3: Implementation of the plan as

resources allow

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Acquisition, Technology and Logistics

Sites Identified in 2014

• Greater Hampton Roads – Navy, specifically, Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic is working with Old Dominion University on the established intergovernmental pilot effort.

• Michigan – Army National Guard is leading the effort centered around Camp Grayling, Fort Custer and Selfridge areas.

• Mountain Home, Idaho – Air Force at Mountain Home AFB is utilizing the existing Air Force Community Partnerships (AFCP) program to develop a Water Resource Management & Sustainment Plan (WRMSP)

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