Draft 2014 highlights report and 2015 workplan of the interagency water resources workgroup supporting the council on climate change preparedness and resilience. Climate last updated 7 2015 32 climate change is a global phenomenon that can have local impacts. Executive order seeks sweeping reversal of climate change. Nepa documents for nrcs financial assistance, easement, and grant programs are available for download below. Ceq issues revised draft nepa guidance on ghg emissions and. The national environmental policy act nepa is one of the most significant pieces of legislation guiding federal decisionmaking helping to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate federal projects impacts on climate change. Ceq has extended the public comment period until march 25, 2015. Climate change effects include the effects of agency action on global climate change and the effects of climate change on a proposed project. While the date of the final guidance is not known, nasa. Update addressing climate change uncler nepa colleagues, as you know, we continue to refine detailed blm guidance for the consideration of climate change in the nepa and land use. Sb v w reauthorization of ghg emissions reduction act sb 323 public law. Climate change litigation and the national environmental.
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Meeting minutes water resources adaptation to climate change workgroup of the advisory committee on water information february 26, 2015. Pdf agrobiodiversity and climate change in khumbu valley. On 1 aug 16, the white house council on environmental quality ceq issued final guidance to federal agencies considering the effects of ghg emissions and climate change when evaluating proposed federal actions in accordance with the national environmental policy act nepa and ceqs regulations. Nrcs programs are administered in accordance with the national environmental policy act nepa. Under the authority granted by the national environmental policy act. On 1 aug 16, the white house council on environmental quality ceq issued final guidance to federal agencies considering the effects of ghg emissions and climate change when evaluating proposed federal actions in accordance with the national environmental policy act. It is due to they are playing the key role in proactive in investing their funds, climate change knowledge transfer and policy feedback to adopt to the impact of climate change.
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Climate change refers to alterations in the earths atmosphere and environment that have long term effects, such as climate warming, changes in the precipitation levels, or increased frequency of extreme weather events at the global and regional levels. The following are the basic concepts outlined in this paper. The sabin center for climate change law scccl develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains law students and lawyers in their use, and provides the legal profession and the public with uptodate resources on key topics in climate law and regulation. After working on this issue for over four years, the council on environmental quality ceq recently released new draft guidance designed to help agencies. Ninth circuit requires climate change analysis under nepa. National environmental policy act nepa documents and supporting analysis. This 2017 update is consistent with the council on environmental qualitys ceq final guidance for federal agencies on how to consider the impacts of their actions on global climate change in. Thursday, march 26, 2015 top senate republicans yesterday blasted draft. The effects of greenhouse gases ghgs on both drought and flooding events have been found, including severe winter drought and excessive monsoon flooding. Ceq issues revised draft guidance for evaluating climate.
The council on environmental quality ceq has published draft guidance on how national environmental policy act nepa analysis and documentation should address greenhouse gas ghg emissions. Implications of the guidance to landmanagement agencies prompted ceq to expand the draft guidance in 2011. Water resources adaptation to climate change workgroup of the. In nepal, climate change is responsible for a drastic, yet often erratic, changes in seasonal water availability, resulting in drought conditions during the dry season and increased flooding during monsoon. Pdf climate change is one of the environmental issues. Assessing the impacts of climate change on the built environment under nepa and state eia laws sabin center for climate change law columbia law school ii federal agencies in the u. Pdf icon ceq guidance on greenhouse gas emissions in nepa. Assessing the impacts of climate change on the built. The climate preparedness and resilience community of practice develops and implements practical, nationally consistent, and costeffective approaches and policies to reduce potential vulnerabilities to the nations water infrastructure resulting from climate change and. House of representatives sent a letter to the white houses council on environmental quality ceq expressing support for the recent draft national environmental policy act nepa guidance on how federal agencies can evaluate the impacts of proposed actions on climate change. Nepa was thoroughly overhauled in 2015, when senator rob portman roh proposed substantial changes to the nepa process as part of the last major transportation bill. Climate last updated 72015 32 climate change is a global phenomenon that can have local impacts.
These agencies often struggle with the level of analysis required with regard to climate change impacts, and this issue has been raised in numerous nepa challenges to agency decisions. To fill the gap, columbia universitys sabin center for climate change law has developed a set of model protocols. National environmental policy act nepa documents and. This is intended to replace the final ceq guidance that was issued by the obama administration in 2016 and subsequently revoked by president trump. The revised draft guidance discusses how national environmental policy act nepa, 42 u. Scientific measurements show that earths climate is warming, with concurrent impacts including warmer air temperatures, increased sea level rise, increased storm activity, and an increased intensity in precipitation events. Dcnrs climate change adaptation and mitigation plan pdf developed with the northern institute of applied climate science outlines 123.
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