Climate Adaptation: American Indians and Alaska Natives

The effects of climate change are already impacting communities across the U.S. and are projected to create increasing challenges. Preparing for climate resilience in Native American communities is particularly critical, as climate change impacts threaten the health and safety of tribal communities, subsistence practices, and land, water, and other natural resources communities depend on. Impacts communities are already facing include reduced water quality and quantity in the West, declining sea ice in Alaska, health hazards from increasing temperatures and thawing permafrost, and severe erosion and sea level change in coastal locations. Tribes and the federal government are working together to plan for and address these challenges.Please join the Office of Policy Analysis on August 10 for a panel discussion on current efforts and partnerships between tribes and the federal government to plan and prepare for and enable climate preparedness and resilience.

Ann Marie Bledsoe-Downs, Department of the Interior, Indian Affairs

Melanie Stansbury, Professional Staff, U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Raina Thiele, Associate Director, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Rachel Isacoff, Council on Environmental Quality, Climate Change Preparedness Analyst