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Abstract

• Federal investments by U.S. agencies to enhance climate resilience at regional scales grew over the past decade (2010s). To maximize efficiency and effectiveness in serving multiple sectors and scales, it has become critical to leverage existing agency-specific research, infrastructure, and capacity while avoiding redundancy. We discuss lessons learned from a multi-institutional "regional climate response collaborative" that comprises three different federally supported climate service entities in the Rocky Mountain west and northern plains region. These lessons include leveraging different strengths of each partner, creating deliberate mechanisms to increase cross-entity communication and joint ownership of projects, and placing a common priority on stakeholder-relevant research and outcomes. We share the conditions that fostered successful collaboration, which can be transferred elsewhere, and suggest mechanisms for overcoming potential barriers. Synergies are essential for producing actionable research that informs climate-related decisions for stakeholders and ultimately enhances climate resilience at regional scales.

Creator

• Ray, Andrea J.
• McNie, Elizabeth
• Morisette, Jeffrey
• O'Malley, Robin
• Derner, Justin D.
• Averyt, Kristen
• Ojima, Dennis
• Joyce, Linda
• Dilling, Lisa
• Guerrero, Rafael
• Reeves, Matt
• Peck, Dannele
• McNeeley, Shannon
• Travis, William Riebsame

Date Issued

• 2018-05

Academic Affiliation

• Environmental Studies

Journal Title

• Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Journal Issue/Number

• 5

Journal Volume

• 99

Last Modified

• 2020-01-07

Resource Type

• Article

Rights Statement

• In Copyright

DOI

•  https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0183.1

Peer Reviewed

• Yes

ISSN

• 1520-0477

Language

• English [eng]

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