GLIN==> Climate Change Adaptation Public Meeting

Save the Date: Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force Public
Meeting, Chicago, Illinois

Why
Organized and co-hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency and the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the session is an
opportunity for senior members of the Obama Administration to hear local
and regional ideas, questions and concerns about climate change impacts
in the Great Lakes region, including impacts to urban infrastructure and
the Great Lakes ecosystem, and to describe federal planning efforts
already underway.

Background
In 2009, the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Office of
Science and Technology Policy, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration initiated the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task
Force, which includes representatives from more than 20 Federal
Agencies. When the President signed the Executive Order on Federal
Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance, on
October 5, 2009, he called on the Task Force to develop, within one
year, Federal recommendations for adapting to climate change impacts
both domestically and internationally.

On March 16, 2010, the Task Force released an interim report which
outlines progress to date and recommends key components to include in a
national strategy on climate change adaptation.
The Interim Progress Report can be viewed online at
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/adaptation.

When
Thursday, July 15, 2010; 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Where
Metcalfe Federal Building
Room 331
77 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois 60604