White House Climate Resilience Summit and Framework The White House hosted the first-ever White House Climate Resilience Summit, including representatives from more than 25 states, territories, and Tribal Nations, to jointly discuss needs and opportunities for future climate resilience efforts. In conjunction with the Summit, the Biden-Harris administration is releasing the National Climate Resilience Framework to guide and align climate resilience efforts by the federal government and its partners.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Climate and Health Outlook Portal Launch In coordination with the White House Resilience Summit, the HHS Office of Climate Change and Health Equity (OCCHE) and Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Geospatial Team launched, the Climate and Health Outlook Portal, an interactive tool that provides actionable, county-level data that can be used to prepare for climate-related hazard events. Resources for Strategies for Building Rural Climate Resilience and Workforce Capacity - Adaptation Professionals The American Society of Adaptation Professionals has put together the following Resources for Strategies for Building Rural Climate Resilience and Workforce Capacity for Adaptation Professionals. The American Society of Adaptation Professionals is currently recruiting individuals to join the working group and support program development for the AmeriCorps planning grant. If you are interested, please submit this form. Exploring Potential Resilience Hubs in California The Candidate Resilience Hub Mapping Tool (beta) allows users to explore opportunities for resilience hubs in communities throughout California. This interactive map contains information about potential resilience hub building sites (e.g., community centers, libraries, places of worship), local populations (e.g., CalEnviroScreen Score, poverty level, climate vulnerability), and local climate risks (e.g., extreme heat, poor air quality, public safety power shutoffs).
Newly Released: CDPH Interim Guide for Health Equity Centered Local Heat Planning We are pleased to release the new CDPH Interim Guide for Health Equity Centered Local Heat Planning, which aims to assist local jurisdictions with incorporating health equity into new or existing heat action and planning efforts. The guide contains long-term planning and policy actions as well as emergency preparedness and response actions recommended for before, during, and after a heat season and a specific extreme heat event. The guide was developed based on reviewing more than 40 local and regional extreme heat plans, guides for creating heat plans, and other best practices for creating plans and strategies that center or work to address health equity, as well as feedback from other CDPH programs, State agencies, local jurisdictions, and subject matter experts. This resource can help facilitate partnerships between local health departments, offices of emergency services, and other local agencies. New Local Health Department Climate & Health Community of Practice On November 1, the CCHES Local Assistance Unit will host the inaugural meeting of a Local Health Department (LHD) Climate & Health Community of Practice (CoP) for LHD staff across California working on climate issues. The CoP will connect LHD staff with each other and with CDPH to share resources, opportunities, strategies, and best practices and to support each other through barriers and challenges. Every LHD is invited to send 1-2 program staff who dedicate some percent of their time to climate change or who are best positioned to work on climate change in the future. The Local Assistance Unit also offers one-on-one technical assistance with incorporating climate change considerations into LHD's health programs, plans, policies, and communications. Learn more and sign up for the Community of Practice, or request other climate and health technical assistance, by emailing: climatechange@cdph.ca.gov Active Transportation Program Guidelines Update Public Meeting The California Transportation Commission will host a series of virtual and in-person meetings to share updates and gather feedback regarding the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Guidelines in preparation for ATP Cycle 7. The Active Transportation Program was created to encourage increased use of active modes of transportation, such as walking and cycling. To learn more about the program and previous Cycle guidelines, and to view the ATP guidelines update meeting dates (click on "2025 ATP (Cycle 7)"), please visit the Active Transportation Program webpage. Save the Date! 2024 Catalyst Conference: Progress in Place The California Strategic Growth Council is pleased to announce it will host the Catalyst Conference, themed Progress in Place, in Sacramento for the second year in a row. Building on last year’s efforts, “Progress in Place: From Power Building to Project Implementation” promotes community and local capacity building while preparing for challenges associated with project development and implementation. The event’s agenda matches the urgency to center and support disinvested communities with the speed at which federal and state funds are being distributed. The 2024 event will convene frontline leaders, researchers, funders, and government partners currently leading this work to learn from one another, prioritize areas of future focus, advance projects, and celebrate transformation already underway.
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