Contribution to Fourth National Climate Assessment Midwest Chapter

Project Summary

As a regional climate expert and trusted boundary organization, GLISA was asked to serve as a co-author on the Midwest chapter of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4). Co-Director Maria Carmen Lemos and Program Manager Jenna Jorns were co-authors and graduate student Katherine Browne was a Technical Contributor. The GLISA team led a new section in the Midwest chapter on Community Vulnerability and Adaptation (key message 6), featuring a case study on the Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Network (GLCAN) and GLISA’s role in its formation and work. In addition to leading the writing of this section, GLISA co-hosted the Ann Arbor (MI) satellite location of the Midwest Regional Engagement workshop with the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) on March 1, 2017. One outcome of stakeholder feedback was the creation of a special Great Lakes case study for NCA4, which GLISA and GLERL co-led.