Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Region

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Confronting Climate Change in the Gulf Coast
Region

• Practical solutions are available to slow down
  global warming and to respond to the coming
  changes.

2
Strategies for Meeting the Challenges of Climate
Change

• Mitigation
• Reducing heat-trapping gas emissions

• Minimization
• Reducing the human impact on the environment

• Adaptation
• Dealing with the changes that will come

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Mitigation
Source NREL
4
Mitigation
Energy Efficiency
Community planning
Source NREL
Smarter appliance choice
Source U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
5
Mitigation
Solar
Renewable Energy
Wind
Bioenergy
Source NREL
6
Mitigation
Fuel-efficient vehicles
Carbon sequestration
Source NREL
Source NPS
7
Pollution control
Minimization
Source SFWMD
Better irrigation technology
Source USDA
8
Adaptation
Water Management
Urban planning changes
Source South Florida Water Management District
9
Adaptation
Road elevation
Source Denise Reed
Beach nourishment
Source Texas General Land Office
10
Adaptation
Species selection
Habitat restoration
Source SFWMD
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Adaptation
Education
Source USDA-ARS
Preparedness
Source USDA NRCS