Why Hazard Mitigation Matters to Your Community
In 2022, SCIPP completed the cross-RISA collaborative project Connecting Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Planning in Climate Discourse-Sensitive Regions and learned the challenges that decision-makers face when implementing hazard mitigation and climate adaptation planning and action. For example, city and county officials and community members do not always understand what hazard mitigation is or why it benefits …
Deadline Extended: Participate in Study to Make Hazard Mitigation More Meaningful
Have you ever been perplexed by hazard mitigation plan (HMP) requirements? Is your jurisdiction’s HMP expired? Is your jurisdiction lacking resources to get the plan done? Do you have ideas for how the process could be improved? Do you wish your HMP had a broader impact on your community? If you answered YES to any …
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New SCIPP Temperature Trends Dashboard
The Texas Temperature Trends Dashboard, now renamed the “SCIPP Temperature Trends Dashboard”, has been updated to include all states in the SCIPP region. The original 75 Texas stations have been expanded to include 27 stations in Arkansas, 28 stations from Louisiana, and 11 stations from Oklahoma. The database was also updated to include 2020-2022 temperatures, …
Home Elevation for Flood Mitigation Workshop
SCIPP partner Texas Sea Grant, in collaboration with UT Arlington and Texas A&M University, invites you to attend the Home Elevation for Flood Mitigation: Foundation Slab Safety Checking Tool Workshop on February 22 and/or 27, 2023. The first workshop will be held only online, and the 2nd workshop at Carbide Park, La Marque, TX, will be only …
Climate Justice Series: Webinar 3
With the new Phase IV grant funding and subsequent upcoming research, SCIPP has added a new area of focus centered around “climate justice.” Climate justice directly connects to previously-researched areas by SCIPP, including disaster resilience and climate change adaptation, in increasingly meaningful ways. Simone Domingue, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for SCIPP, will host a series of webinars to raise awareness …
Simple Planning Tool Expanded to Louisiana
SCIPP is happy to announce the expansion of the Simple Planning Tool to Louisiana. The tool is now available for all states in the SCIPP region: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. The Simple Planning Tool assists planners, emergency managers, and decision makers in Louisiana who are assessing their long-term climate risks, both historically and in the …
Phase III Final Report
In 2022, SCIPP completed its third grant cycle. SCIPP Phase III: Helping Communities Build Resilience to Weather and Climate Extremes began in 2018, and a final report was prepared to highlight research findings, new tools, and engagement activities throughout the four years. The first section of the report summarizes the four research areas of focus …
2022 Louisiana Resilience Summit
The 2022 Louisiana Resilience Summit was held in Lafayette, LA, on November 16 to showcase resilience, mitigation, and adaptation strategies and initiatives across the state, as well as helpful resources and tools. Presenters and attendees included planners, floodplain managers, planning commissioners, mayors, architects, and other local, state, and federal government officials. SCIPP’s Barry Keim kicked …
5th National Climate Assessment: Call for Public Comment
SCIPP Co-PIs Darrian Bertrand and Sascha Petersen are authors for the Southern Great Plains chapter (Ch. 26) of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), led by Renee McPherson, a SCIPP Investigator. The National Climate Assessment is a Congressionally mandated quadrennial report led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The report assesses the science …
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SCIPP Has Launched A New Website
SCIPP is pleased to announce the release of our revamped website. The SCIPP team has been diligently working over the past year to create a website that makes accessing our research and resources more straightforward, along with many other helpful improvements. From a newly added filtering and search system to an interactive map showing where …
Climate Justice Series: Webinar 2
With the new Phase IV grant funding and subsequent upcoming research, SCIPP has added a new area of focus centered around “climate justice.” Climate justice directly connects to previously-researched areas by SCIPP, including disaster resilience and climate change adaptation, in increasingly meaningful ways. Therefore, Simone Domingue, a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow for SCIPP, will host a …
2021-2022 Annual Report
SCIPP’s 2021-2022 Annual Report is here! Our mission is to assist organizations with making decisions that build resilience by collaboratively producing research, tools, and knowledge that reduce weather and climate risks and impacts across the South Central United States. Accordingly, the application of SCIPP’s mission objectives are detailed throughout the annual report. Some highlights of …