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Synthesis of Current Science and Assessment of Science Needs for Adaptation in the Southwest

Sonoran Desert with mountains in background

Sonoran Desert. Credit: Alan Cressler

Project Summary

Principal Investigator(s):

  • Jonathan T Overpeck (University of Arizona)

Co-Investigator(s):

  • Gregg Garfin (University of Arizona)

Fiscal Year: 2011

Start Date: 09/29/2011

End Date: 12/29/2012

Project Overview 

Summary:  

The goals of this project were to: (1) produce a state-of-the-art assessment and synthesis of climate change projections, impacts, vulnerabilities, adaptive capacity, and prospects for mitigation and adaptation actions in the Southwest in support of the regional contribution to the National Climate Assessment; (2) develop an inventory of federal partners and stakeholders involved with climate adaptation programs, and (3) forge stronger bonds between the DOI-SW CSC, the three NOAA-RISAs in the Southwest, and the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

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