Whats in the Interim Strategy?
The interim strategy contains components that, if expeditiously and effectively implemented, could help prepare the coast for climate change, including: identifying communities to develop pilot local adaption plans to serve as models for community climate change planning in particular regions within Oregon; mapping of climate-related hazards; development of new analytical tools to quantify and map risks associated with natural hazards; and conducting an inventory of coastal dikes and levees. A more detailed description of the interim adaptation actions can be found on pages 6 through 9 of the interim strategy. Action Needed Statewide, Including on the Coast Though Oregon Shores Goal 20 petition was ultimately denied, it was not due to lack of support for planning to address sea level rise, but rather to the Commission having a preference for first getting itself and the state agencies prepared for launching a statewide climate change planning effort. At the hearing, Oregon Shores testi
