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Consortium for Ocean Leadership Annual Public Policy Forum

Consortium for Ocean Leadership Annual Public Policy Forum. Doug Mills, The New York Times/AP. Margaret A. Davidson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Coastal Communities: Vital to U.S. and International Economies .

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Consortium for Ocean Leadership Annual Public Policy Forum

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  1. Consortium for Ocean Leadership Annual Public Policy Forum Doug Mills, The New York Times/AP Margaret A. Davidson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  2. Coastal Communities: Vital to U.S. and International Economies • 45 percent of the U.S. national gross domestic product is contributed by coastal communities • 51 million jobs • Coastal counties contain 53 percent of the nation’s population—but account for only 17 percent of U.S. land area (excludes Alaska). • Coastal habitats help reduce impacts of floods, storms, and climate change on coastal communities by absorbing water, wave energy, and other stressors.

  3. Most Vulnerable Populations

  4. The Partnership Dimension • Creating partnerships to integrate climate information and planning tools • Interagency • Federal, Regional, State, Local • Associations, organizations, academia • Understanding perceptions and the socio-economic costs to promote risk-wise behavior and development • Raising the level of community understanding and interaction A new port facility in Charleston?

  5. Shrewsbury River, NJ

  6. Not Waiting for a Disaster to Achieve Better Resilience Today Digital Coast Resilience Data and Tools • Coastal County Snapshots • C-CAP Land Cover Atlas • Coastal Lidar • SLR and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer • ENOW http://csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/

  7. Green/Gray Infrastructure

  8. Change is Here: Time to Act is Now

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