Federal Action for Resilient Coasts: New EESI Report Provides Blueprint
Channel: eesionline
Date: 2020-10-30

Learn more at https://www.eesi.org/102920report
Download the report at: https://www.eesi.org/rfcc

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) launched a report, A Resilient Future for Coastal Communities: Federal Policy Recommendations from Solutions in Practice, and held a discussion of federal actions that can improve coastal resilience along our ocean and Great Lakes shorelines.

Speakers: 

    Daniel Bresette
    Executive Director, Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)
    Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/102920_Daniel_Bresette.pdf
    Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/vD8iOPFLW_k?t=10s

    Rob Croll
    Policy Analyst/Climate Change Program Coordinator, Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC)
    Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/102920_Rob_Croll.pdf
    Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/vD8iOPFLW_k?t=7m12s

    Liz Williams Russell
    Coastal Community Resilience Director, Foundation for Louisiana
    Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/102920_Liz_Williams_Russell.pdf
    Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/vD8iOPFLW_k?t=25m58s

    Kate Boicourt
    Director of Resilience, Waterfront Alliance
    Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/102920_Kate_Boicourt.pdf
    Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/vD8iOPFLW_k?t=48m11s

    Anukriti Hittle
    Climate Coordinator, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
    Download Slides: https://www.eesi.org/files/102920_Anukriti_Hittle.pdf
    Skip to presentation: https://youtu.be/vD8iOPFLW_k?t=1h03m55s

    Question & Answer Session
    https://youtu.be/vD8iOPFLW_k?t=1h14m55s

The report highlights policy levers available to Congress, with 30 policy recommendations and case studies gathered from EESI’s year-long, 16-part briefing series on regional coastal resilience. The series featured 42 policy experts and coastal resilience practitioners from nearly every coastal state, from Maine to Wisconsin to Hawaii, covering topics from data-gathering to living shorelines to coastal retreat.

This online briefing was conducted as a moderated discussion of coastal issues and policy solutions with four expert speakers from the briefing series. The discussion included specific case studies of solutions currently working to build community resilience to coastal hazards, along with policies and programs Congress or federal agencies can support or expand to replicate these success stories.