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Committee Liaison

• Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E., (609) 477-7221

Next Committee Meeting

• December 17, 2024

Committee Openings

• Looking for members from any of the following four (4) sectors: academic and research institutions; environmental/ watershed organizations; businesses/industries; or water/wastewater utilities
  
  
  • 2-year term
    
    
  • Applications will be accepted until January 21, 2025; click here to learn more

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Committee Formed by Resolution

• Resolution 2019-8 (establishes the committee; December 2019; pdf)
  
  
• DRBC Establishes the Advisory Committee on Climate Change - December 12, 2019 news release

Committee Purpose and Charge

• Identify and prioritize threats and vulnerabilities
  
  
• Develop science-based future planning scenarios for the Delaware River Basin as they relate to climate change
  
  
• Serve as the coordinating body for climate related Basin water resource and watershed studies
  
  
• Provide input to inform DRBC planning and modeling studies
  
  
• Define scope and support development of a Basin-wide climate impact study
  
  
• The role of the Advisory Committee on Climate Change does not include the Compact's charge to the Commission to review projects under Section 3.8.

Committee Membership

• View Committee Members
  
  
• DRBC Announces the Membership of the Advisory Committee on Climate Change - May 7, 2020 news release
  
  
  • Composed of climate scientists, researchers, thought leaders, planners and experts on climate change adaptation and resiliency
    
    
  • Representing government, academic and research institutions, environmental/watershed organizations, businesses/industries and water/wastewater utilities

October 28, 2024

• DRBC and EPA Climate Practitioners Workshop

September 11, 2024

• Meeting information

December 20, 2023

• Meeting Information

January 31, 2023

• DRBC Science Showcased at PDE Summit (January 31, 2023, was the ACCC's Climate Forum, held as part of the biennial Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit; not an official advisory committee meeting)

October 12, 2022

• Meeting Information

January 26, 2022

• Meeting Information

August 3, 2021

• Meeting Information

March 2, 2021

• ACCC Forum on Climate Change and the Delaware River Basin (held as part of the biennial Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit; not an official advisory committee meeting)

December 17, 2020

• Meeting Information

August 4, 2020

• Meeting Information

• Regional Climate Change Experts Meet Despite Tropical Storm Isaias - August 6, 2020 news release

Climate Resilience Plan

• Resolution 2024-4: A Resolution directing staff to develop a Climate Resilience Plan that includes elements related to planning, consultation, outreach, education, and rulemaking concerning climate change (pdf; approved June 5, 2024)
  
  
  • View News Release Announcement (issued June 13, 2024)
    
    

Online Resources

• New Interactive Tool: Projecting Extreme Precipitation in the Delaware River Basin (2024)
  
  
• Webpage: Climate Change

Presentations

• Building Blocks of Climate Resilience: Highlights from the Delaware River Basin Commission (pdf; 2024)
  
  
• Intro to the Advisory Committee on Climate Change (pdf; 2022)
  
  
• State of the Basin 2019: Flow Management and Climate Change (pdf; 2019)
  
  
• History of the Salt Front (pdf; 2019)
  
  
• Analyzing Climate Change Impacts to Water Resources in the Delaware River Basin - Big Picture Risks (pdf; 2018)

Webinars

• DRBC Deputy Exec. Director & ACCC Members Discuss Climate Change (Water Center at Penn; 2020)
  
  
• Climate Change and NJ Water Resource Impacts (DRBC-hosted webinar for NJ-AWRA; 2020)

Report

• 2019 State of the Delaware River Basin Report (see pages 16-18; pdf; 2019)