Table 1.

ICLEI USA's Five Milestones for Adaptation as described in Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional and State Governments^*

MILESTONE 1: Initiate your climate resiliency effort

•Scope the climate change impacts expected in your region

•Pass a resolution or administrative order directing your government to prepare for climate change

•Build and maintain support to prepare for climate change

•Build your climate change preparedness team

•Identify your planning areas relevant to climate change impacts

MILESTONE 2: Conduct a climate resiliency study

•Analyze the change climate impacts to your major sectors

•Conduct a climate change vulnerability assessment

•Conduct a climate change risk assessment

•Prioritize planning areas for action

MILESTONE 3: Prioritize adaptation actions and develop implementation plan

•Develop, select and prioritize your preparedness actions

•Create a plan to fund and carry out actions

MILESTONE 4: Implement your preparedness plan

•Ensure that you have the right implementation tools

MILESTONE 5: Measure your progress and update your plan

•Track progress toward meeting implementation goals

•Update your plan to reflect experience and new information

^*The Guidebook was produced by ICLEI USA in collaboration with the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington and staff of King County, Washington, with funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) http://www.icleiusa.org/library/documents/action-center/Adaptation_Guidebook.pdf