Action Examples:
Organizations—ranging from individual companies to local governments to collaborations between state and federal agencies—already have taken action to protect themselves or their stakeholders from impacts related to climate change. Examples are described in summaries here. Estimated benefits are reported when available. But for all of them, decision makers would not be expected to undertake actions unless they judge benefits to exceed project costs.
Some of these also are related to changes in land use, for which there are many more proactive examples.
View Action Examples:
- Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island, Delaware (coastal erosion)
- Absecon Island Shore Project, New Jersey (coastal erosion)
- City Tunnel Number 3 , New York City, New York (sea-level rise)
- Bluff Recession and Setback Programs, Lake Erie, Pennsylvania (shoreline erosion)
- Natural Resources Protection Act, Maine (sea-level rise)
- Relocation of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, North Carolina (sea-level rise)
- Weather Insurance, Atmos Energy Corporation (warmer winters)
- United Kingdom – Managed Retreat (sea-level rise)
