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Based on what you have read, know or have worked on, what do you imagine to be the biggest challenge in helping communities in the New York region adapt to climate change?

ADR IN IN A CHANGING CLIM IMATE: HOW TO BUIL ILD RESIL ILIENCE THROUGH FACILITATION AND COLLABORATION 17 th Annual ACR-GNY CONFERENCE – June 5, 2018 NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL Catherine Morris, Consensus Building Institute Bennett Brooks, Consensus Building Institute Joe Siegel,* Haub School of Law at Pace University *The views expressed in this presentation do not necessarily reflect the views of the US EPA

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS IN THE NORTHEAST Source: US EPA Region 2 Source: Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mark C. Olsen/Released), at http://www.nj.gov/military/publications/guardlife/volume35no4/5.html

NEW YORK REGION: 71- 75” Sea Level Rise By 2100 (high scenario) Source: 6 NYCRR Part 490

NORTHEAST: EXTREME RAINFALL EVENTS http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/

EXTREME HEAT IN IN U.S. “Increase of thousands to tens of thousands of premature heat- related deaths in the summer [Very Likely, High Confidence]”

FACILITATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

DISPARATE OPERATING CULTURES INSTITUTIONAL STOVEPIPES Source: https://www.enterpriseirregulars.com/30615/avoiding-social-stovepipes-in-the-enterprise/

RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS Source: https://www.krossfire.ro/bursa-timpului/

EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK

GETTING LOST IN THE WEEDS • SOURCE: http://davefredman.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

WORKGROUP FATIGUE

Living with the Rising Waters

What we did

Key Takeaways • Discussions highlighted usual barriers: uncertainty, limited resources; reactive govt programs; no effective financing • But also surface more unusual and unexpected takeaways • Intensity of emotion around this issue • Power of using art and performance • The need to find new approaches – integrate across brains and heart • The enormity of the challenge and the hunger for ongoing discussion

Plans Going Forward • ADD PHOTO OF ANU

The Piermont Challenge

Planning as a First Step

Talking about the Risk

Making the Conversation Local • 2017 = Living Room Conversations • Three separate conversations • 4 to 14 people in each conversation • Testing the waters – exploring interest – understanding the potential and pitfalls

Key Takeaways Key Takeaways • Love of place is deep – people want to make it it work even if “making it work” means rethinking “quality of life” or sacrificing one’s neighborhood for others • Strong sense of connection to one another – Sandy deepened an already strong bond; desir ire to work together among many is a powerful driver • Vill illage role le is is more im important than ever - challenge is bigger than any one resident or neighborhood can take on alone • Hunger for a “roadmap” – cle lear pathway forw rward is is an antid idote to uncertainty and fear

Plans Going Forward • 2018-19 = Training and Neighborhood Conversations • Building off connections already made • Finding and training locals to lead conversations • Neighborhood conversations to envision the future (“getting real”)

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In 2015, it was estimated that main roads were flooding 4-5 times a month.

What was the special sauce that made it work? Took the pulse of the community Created a steering committee of local leaders Created a forum for tough community conversations Didn’t start the conversation with climate change Gave them ownership

https://www.cbi.org/assets/files/150812_SI_FINAL_VISION_PLAN.pdf

COMMON THEMES QUESTIONS UNCERTAINTY Questions RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS for Us? DIVERSE OPERATING CULTURES AND VALUE SETS • UNDER WHAT Question CIRCUMSTANCES DO THESE THEMES for YOU: EMOTION ARISE IN THE WORK YOU DO? THE NEED TO BUILD COMMUNITY

QUESTION: WHAT TOOLS DO YOU USE AS A NEUTRAL THAT COULD BE APPLIED TO CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION?