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Southeast Adaptation Planning Workshop

 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water, Office of Air and Radiation, and EPA Region 4 will host the Southeast Adaptation Planning Workshop in Atlanta, Georgia, on February 2nd and 3rd, 2010. The goal of the workshop is to explore how stakeholders from across the Southeast can work together to adapt to climate change now and into the future.

 

Background

The Southeast is already experiencing climate change impacts such as sea level rise and a number of states and municipalities have started planning efforts to respond to these and other potential impacts. To date, however, efforts to plan and coordinate across an entire geographic region have been limited. With climate change likely to affect multiple municipalities and states, a coordinated effort on these impacts will enhance the ability of stakeholders to successfully mitigate these problems.

The workshop is intended to inform, enable, and catalyze adaptation planning across the eight states within EPA Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). It is hoped that this effort will aid other adaptation work being carried out across the United States.

The workshop will highlight two important Southeastern sectors affected by climate change: coastal and water resources. Many other sectors, such as human health, forests, agriculture, wildlife, fisheries, transportation, infrastructure, emergency response, and tourism, are also affected by climate change. Additionally, certain vulnerable parts of the population will be disproportionately impacted. During the workshop, organizers intend to use adaptation planning for coastal and water resources as a departure point to discuss adaptation planning for a wide range of potentially impacted sectors. As such, participation by the wide range of stakeholders who have a role to play in climate change adaptation in the Southeast is encouraged. To help inform the discussion at the workshop, EPA has commissioned two papers: an overview of the range of likely climate change impacts in the Southeast (synthesizing existing literature) and an overview of adaptation policy issues, using impacts on coastal and water resources as examples. The papers will be provided to registered attendees in advance of the workshop.

 

Who Should Attend?

The workshop is open to state, local, and federal governments, universities, nonprofit organizations, and businesses with a stake in long-term climate change adaptation planning and management in the Southeastern United States. We anticipate up to 200 attendees at the workshop.

 

Dates, Times, and Location

The Workshop will run from 8:30 am on February 2, 2010, until 3:00 pm on February 3, 2010. The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Buckhead Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Register for the Workshop

Registration for the workshop is open through January 15, 2010 via on-line registration.

 

Hotel Reservations and Directions

A block of rooms is being held for the Workshop at the rate of $140/night plus 15% tax. When making a hotel reservation, use the three letter meeting code “EPA” for the room block. This rate is good for the nights of Monday, February 1, 2010, and Tuesday, February 2, 2010. The cut-off date for the room block is January 11, 2010. The hotel website has driving directions to the hotel. If you take the subway (MARTA), the hotel is located one block south of the “Buckhead” MARTA station.

 

Questions

For further information, please contact Ken Mitchell at EPA Region 4 (404-562-9065).

Draft Agenda

 

Information on Past Conferences:

Biodiesel Workshop

Atlanta, GA

October 11-12, 2009

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 office in Atlanta, GA, convened a conference in Atlanta in October 2009 to provide information for county and municipal governments and school districts on using waste grease to produce cost-competitive biodiesel for use in their diesel fleets and equipment. This workshop will also assist teachers in developing curricula to instruct students on this “green job” technology, including the benefits of biofuels, and the safe production of biodiesel. EPA Region 4 developed a new Biodiesel Primer as a starting point for municipalities, high schools, and others who are interested in providing green job training, improving children’s health and reducing air pollution.

Presentations

For more information on the Biodiesel Workshop, please contact Ken Mitchell.


Clean and Sustainable Energy

Atlanta, GA

December 11-12, 2007

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4 office in Atlanta, GA, convened a conference in Atlanta in December 2007 to explore clean sustainable energy efforts in the Southeastern United States.  The primary goal of the meeting was to initiate a dialog among key stakeholders in the environmental and energy arenas that to help promote clean, affordable, and sustainable energy options across EPA Region 4 over time.   Example areas of discussion included the strategies to facilitate growth of clean and sustainable energy sources from laboratory scale to commercial scale and the mitigation of obstacles confronting the growth of existing clean sustainable energy sources (e.g., regulatory and economic barriers). Additional information and downloadable presentations are available at 2007 Clean and Sustainable Energy Conference website. A copy of the conference meeting minutes is available here. The EPA Region 4 Biofuels Conference website is available here.

 

 

For information about the contents of this page please contact Ken Mitchell

 

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