Delaware's Climate Change Programming

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Author(s)Barnes, Philip J.
Author(s)Akiba, Kohei
Date Accessioned2020-09-25T20:24:28Z
Date Available2020-09-25T20:24:28Z
Publication Date2020-08
AbstractInterviews were conducted with local officials in Delaware to understand how they acquire knowledge of climate impacts and whether that knowledge informs local development and administrative decisions. The analysis shows that climate education and training programs offered by the state (mostly the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control—DNREC) and its partners are able to communicate climate information, but first-hand observation and experience with climate impacts (flooding, heat) were frequently cited by interviewees. Despite this knowledge, and despite several instances of climate planning, climate-informed decision making and implementation is not occurring for a variety of reasons including deficits in local technical capacity, uncertainty around administrative and policy strategies for implementing climate-informed development, and a high demand for municipal resources that must manage the near term day-to-day activities and permitting processes. To advance climate-informed development and local administration, a program should be created that would pair state resources with willing communities. The program and the state-community partnership should establish a publicly-engaged process that seeks to transition the community from the climate planning phase into implementation (new ordinances, codes, policy, etc.).en_US
SponsorDelaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Delaware Coastal Programsen_US
URLhttps://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/27749
Languageen_USen_US
PublisherInstitute for Public Administrationen_US
Part of SeriesIPA;520
KeywordsClimate changeen_US
KeywordsPublic administrationen_US
KeywordsClimate planningen_US
KeywordsSea level riseen_US
KeywordsMunicipal planningen_US
KeywordsImplementationen_US
KeywordsRisk educationen_US
KeywordsLocal developmenten_US
KeywordsZoningen_US
KeywordsPublic policyen_US
TitleDelaware's Climate Change Programmingen_US
TypeTechnical Reporten_US
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