Climate Adaptation Planning to Aid State, Municipal, Tribal, and Federal Governmental Decision Makers in Oklahoma

摘要

The Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS) and the Southern Climate ImpactsPlanning Program (SCIPP) hosted a half-day meeting on planning for climatechange, held at the National Weather Center in Norman, OK, on December 10,2009. The goal of the meeting was to frame high-level needs for climatevariability and climate change information and establish future directions for anintegrated planning effort.Using results from the December meeting, SCIPP and OCS developed aprotocol to conduct a climate needs assessment for the state of Oklahoma. Theprotocol is being used to conduct semi-structured interviews with decisionmakersacross the state. SCIPP is gathering data pertaining to weather andclimate-related issues that decision-makers are currently facing or anticipatethat they will face in the future, as well as determining future research activities(e.g., needs, gaps, spatial and temporal resolutions) that would be beneficial todecision-makers. A large group follow-up workshop to the December 2009meeting is planned for late Spring 2011.