Ten Washington state agencies have come together to build the Washington State Climate Resilience Strategy, designed to address the impacts of climate change and prepare for impacts to come. The strategy identifies actions that agencies will take to address the top climate change threats facing Washington – drought, changing ocean conditions, flooding, extreme heat, and wildfires and smoke.
The legislatively mandated roadmap is a product of the state Departments of Ecology, Agriculture, Commerce, Fish & Wildlife, Health, Natural Resources, and Transportation, along with the Washington State Conservation Commission, Emergency Management Division, and the Puget Sound Partnership. The University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group provided up-to-date science and developed a framework to measure progress on climate adaptation. The agencies will update the plan every four years to incorporate the latest science, resources, and concerns.
