Contacts - Climate Change
Susan Culp
Project Manager
602-393-4310 x 310
Resources - Climate Change
Publications
Climate Change and Urban Form in the West - The Climate and Deserts Workshop, April 2008, Laughlin, Nev.
Links
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
Center for Climate Strategies
CLIMAS – Climate Assessment for the Southwest
Western Governors’ Association Energy and Climate Change Strategic Agenda
Western Climate Initiative
Western State Climate Action Plans:
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Oregon
Utah
Washington
What's New at the Institute
5000 Signatures Urge More Water for the Delta |
Celebrating Arizona's 100th - River of the Month Series |
Teton County, Idaho - More Vacant Lots Than People |
Watershed Press Release March 22, 2012 – On the heels of World Water Day (March 22nd), the Redford Center and Kontent Films are pleased to announce the World Premiere of WATERSHED: Exploring a New Water Ethic for the New West at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital on March 24, 2012 at the National Museum of American History at 3 pm. The film will be introduced by Robert Redford and will be followed by a panel discussion on the urgency of the problem in the Colorado River Basin and what can be done. Click here to read the release. |
Home Grown: Land use planning evolves and adapts in an unlikely corner of Wyoming The Sonoran Institute’s work in Wyoming is featured in this new article, Home Grown – Land Use Planning Evolves and Adapts in an Unlikely Corner of Wyoming. By Sam Western. Read the article here. |
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Kathy Borgen champions causes that help protect, care for, and nurture a love of our planet. She is also passionate about the work of the Institute
Climate Change
Impacts of climate change, already showing up across the West, are expected to intensify in the future. The Institute is ramping up to help western communities reduce and adapt to these impacts, which are evident in prolonged drought, reduced snowpack, earlier run-off, reduced water supplies, more frequent and intense wildfires, and a range of effects on plants and wildlife. For the West to prosper under a changing climate, its communities must reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to changes already underway as effectively, equitably and rapidly as possible. The Sonoran Institute offers information and tools to help local and regional decision-makers better integrate climate change strategies into planning and land management efforts.
Research: To provide new information and tools for decision-makers and land managers, the Institute is planning research on:
- The potential economic costs of various actions (or inaction) on climate change in the West
- Urban heat island issues in Western cities
- Implementing state climate action plans at the community level
- Strengthening land use planning and transportation aspects of state climate action plans
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy – Sonoran Institute Joint Venture: The Joint Venture seeks to create sustainable futures in the western U.S. through land use planning that effectively manages growth and integrates conservation values, open space, transportation, water, and energy infrastructure. Climate change, sustainability and urban form are primary themes of the Joint Venture’s work. Â
Wildland-Urban Interface: As more Americans seek to live among the West’s wild beauty, the risk of loss of homes and livelihoods to wildfires increases – and climate change heightens that risk. The Sonoran Institute is exploring opportunities to address this issue.



