The Massachusetts Climate Change Adaptation Project

We are working with public officials, corporate leaders, environmental action groups and neighborhood advocates to promote broad-gauged public education and public involvement in the assessment of climate change risks and the implementation of risk management strategies. We are particularly concerned about the disproportionate impacts that poor communities and communities of color are likely to experience as a result of sea level rise, storm intensification, coastal erosion, changes in precipitation patterns, creation of heat islands, and threats to infrastructure, water supplies and endangered habitats. We have three role play simulations that will be tested in the coming year to determine the extent to which they help stakeholders model the collaborative decision-making processes necessary to formulate community-=based risk-management strategies.