Climate
The Climate Program helps coastal communities understand and prepare for sea level rise and other upcoming effects of global warming.
Coastal communities are, or should be, planning for the future — building resiliency to sea level rise, ocean acidification, changing fisheries, and other climate-related challenges — while reducing carbon pollution and supporting renewable energy sources.
In the coming decades, global warming will affect the Oregon coast in dramatic ways, from sea level rise, intensified winter storms, and increased erosion to alternating droughts and floods, damaged infrastructure, and changing populations of fish, animals and plants. How can we adapt to these challenges, preserving natural and human communities in the midst of a shifting landscape and ocean? How can we reduce our impact on the climate?
Climate News
March 16, 2018
Global Warming Commission Has New Website
June 10, 2017
Oregon Works to Combat Ocean Acidification
December 8, 2016
Results from Climate Migration Symposium Now Available
February 14, 2017
Global Warming Commission Tracks State’s Climate Impacts
October 22, 2016
Meg Reed Takes Over as Coastal Shores Specialist for DLCD
August 21, 2016
"Citizen's Guide: Adapting to Climate Change on the Oregon Coast" is Available for Download
June 10, 2016
Climate Program Addresses Both Abatement and Adaptation
Climate Events
Nov
21
Talk on Climate and Coastal Ecosystems
November 21, 2019, Newport
Nov
21
Jordan Cove Rally at Capitol
November 21, 2019, Salem
Nov
25
King Tide Project, First Series
November 25, 2019
Jan
10
King Tide Project, Second Series
January 10, 2020 - January 12, 2020
Jan
14
Talk on Rising Seas
January 14, 2020, Corvallis
Feb
8
King Tide Project, Third Series
February 8, 2020 - February 10, 2020