AGENDA DATE: 6/15/2022
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Climate Vulnerability Assessment Reports
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Receive the recently completed Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment and companion overview, which will support the upcoming climate resilience planning process
ITEM TYPE: Consent Information Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Henry, Stewart, Harper, Dayley
PRESENTER (S): Gabe Dayley
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Albemarle County's Climate Action Plan, adopted by the Board of Supervisors on October 7, 2020, commits the County to developing a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan. The County's Climate Action Plan focuses on mitigation-strategies to reduce the severity of global climate change. In contrast, a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan will guide the community in preparing for the local impacts of climate change, some of which we are already experiencing. To build local resilience to climate change, it is first necessary to assess how climate change will affect us here in Albemarle County. The Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment represents this first step in preparing our community for climate change.
The Assessment was prepared by the Sobis consulting firm with contributions from Albemarle County staff and in partnership with the Piedmont Environmental Council and Resilient Virginia. It was supported through a generous grant from the DN Batten Foundation.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Mission - To enhance the well-being and quality of life for all community members through the provision of the of the highest level of public service consistent with the prudent use of public funds.
DISCUSSION: The Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (Attachment A) analyzes five areas of information related to how climate change will affect us in Albemarle County. Specifically, the report addresses:
1) major changes to temperature and precipitation by 2050 and 2075 that will drive acute s...
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