IWR Leads Climate Change Webinar |
![]() ALEXANDRIA, VA—April 11, 2011. Drs. Kate White and Jeff Arnold of IWR led a webinar on 16 March for USACE field offices entitled “Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation Approaches to Climate Change Challenges.” The webinar focused on mitigation and adaptation in the context of the Corps Civil Works mission. It was organized in partnership with the USACE Acting Sustainability Program Manager, Jane Mergler, and the Acting Environmental Community of Practice Lead, Chris Godfrey. More about the Responses to Climate Change ProgramThe mission of the Responses to Climate Change Program (RCC) is to develop, implement, and assess adjustments or changes in operations and decision environments to enhance resilience or reduce vulnerability of USACE projects, systems, and programs to observed or expected changes in climate. It provides planning and engineering guidance, and it assesses the effectiveness of adaptation strategies. Program staff at IWR collaborate with Federal, state and local agencies as well as non-governmental organizations to pursue these activities. Learn More: |