Climate Resilience and Adaptation Working Group

The Climate Resilience and Adaptation Working Group (CRAWG) is working towards proactively fostering communities in Central Appalachia where there is widespread acceptance and implementation of strategies for climate resilience, adaptation, and mitigation.

STRUCTURE

The Working Group strives to ideate and collaborate on opportunities to share resources and develop best practices in Central Appalachia.

GOALS

1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of existing models and tools to enhance climate resilience
planning, adaptation, and mitigation in rural communities.
2. Establish coordinated structures for resource sharing, research collaboration, funding opportunities,
and joint projects.
3. Ensure the availability of accessible models and tools that effectively engage communities in
resilience planning and response, informed by research and gap analysis.
4. Create a comprehensive outreach strategy to reach and effectively onboard engaging contractors.
5. Implement and assess the resilience planning and response model through a regional pilot program.

For more details about each goal, view the pdf of CRAWG five year work plan – click here.

WHO SHOULD JOIN

Practitioners and stakeholders involved with preparing, preventing, and educating around climate-based impacts to the “built” environment (the intersection of communities/people/nature).

MEETING DETAILS

CO-CHAIRS

• Paul Patton, Chief Innovation Officer at Rural Action
  • paul@ruralaction.org
• Betsy Whaley, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Mountain Association
  • betsy@mtassociation.org

WORKING GROUP PRODUCTS

Working group products coming soon!