2023 ITCA CONFERENCE: TRIBAL CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION
August 9 and 10, 2023
Co-organized by the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, UA Indigenous Resilience Center (IRes) and UA AIR Center for Climate Adaptation Science & Solutions
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO TRIBES TO HELP WITH CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
FEDERAL / NATION-WIDE:
- USDA Natural Resource Conservation Services (NRCS) conservation programs and grants: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/natural-resource-concerns/climate and https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs-initiatives/rcpp-regional-conservation-partnership-program;
- United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- EPA Tools for Climate Change Adaptation
- EPA Federal Funding and TA
- EPA Funding Announcements from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act
- EPA Environmental Justice Grants
- EPA Environmental Justice Small Grants (funding more localized solutions)
- EPA review of different types of fundings sources, their advantages and disadvantages, and examples (not tribes specific): Getting to Green: Paying for Green Infrastructure (PDF)
- EPA Environmental Finance Centers that provide communities, including tribes, with innovative solutions to help manage the costs of environmental protection programs and activities, including one at the University of New Mexico: Environmental Finance Centers
- EPA The Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Centers Program, including one at the University of Arizona
- EPA Water Infrastructure and Resiliency Finance Center provides financial expertise to communities that are financing drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure
- EPA Tribal General Assistance Program provides funding to build tribal environmental program capacity, strengthen resource management, and supports development of Climate Change Adaptation Plans
- GAP Success Stories
- EPA Region 9 Tribal Environmental GAP Funding
- EPA Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Cooperative Agreement Program
- EPA Environmental Justice Government-to-Government Program
- EPA Cumulative Health Impacts at the Intersection of Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and Vulnerable Populations / Lifestages: Community-Based Research for Solutions Grants
- EPA Enhanced Aquifer Recharge Research
- EPA 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs), special allocation for tribes - fully awarded;
- US Climate Resiliency Toolkit.- Funding Opportunities, including for tribes
- Grants.gov is one-stop place to FIND and APPLY for all federal grants
- US Department of Interior, Indian Affairs: Tribal Climate Resilience Annual Awards Program
- US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Indian Housing's Office of Native American Programs (ONAP), Tribal Climate Resilience and Adaptation Funding
- US HUD, Indian Housing Block Grants program
- US HUS, Indian Community Develoment Block Grant
- Tribal Climate Change Guide by the University of Oregon, providing up-to-date funding for tribes (national and state)
- Native Nations Climate Change Adaptation Program by the University of Arizona
- FEMA Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities
- FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
- USDA Outreach To Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Program aka 2501 Program, preference for tribal projects
- Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Building Capacity for Environmental Literacy
- NOAA Environmental Literacy Program
- NOAA Climate Program Office, annual competition
- National Science Foundation, Civic Innovation Challenge
- National Science Foundation, Centers for Research and Innovation in Science, the Environment and Society
- National Institutes of Health (NIH), Climate Change and Health Initiative
- NIH Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Superfund Hazardous Substance Research and Training Program
- NIH/NIEH Superfund Research Program
- USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Agriculture and Food Research Initiative – Foundational and Applied Science Program
- USDA NIFA Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, for training beginning farmers and ranchers, including on climate smart agriculture
- USDA NIFA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)
- National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), America the Beautiful Challenge
- US Department of Energy, Indian Energy Policy and Programs
- US Department of Energy
- Joint Fire Science Program
- US Geological Survey (USGS), Water Resources Research Act Program
- Foundation for Food And Agriculture Research (FFAR)
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
- USDA Office of Tribal Relations
- US Department of Transportation (DOT)
- US DOT Federal Highway Administration
NGOs:
- Intertribal Agriculture Council: https://www.indianag.org
- Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF): https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org
- Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance (NAFSA): https://nativefoodalliance.org
- First Nations Development Institute: https://www.firstnations.org
- Seventh Generation Fund: https://7genfund.org
- NDN Collective: https://ndncollective.org
STATE LEVEL - ARIZONA
- AZ Department of Agriculture, Specialty Crop Program
- The Haury Program, University of Arizona, funding and TA for tribal and university-based programs related to indigenous resilience: https://haury.arizona.edu
- Vitalyst Health Foundation: http://vitalysthealth.org
- Colorado Plateau Foundation: https://coloradoplateaufoundation.org
- Arizona Food System Network, including Indigenous Food Systems Newsletter: https://www.azfsn.org
- Pinnacle Prevention, Seeds to Grow grants: https://www.pinnacleprevention.org/seedstogrow.html
- Arizona Governor’s Office of Strategic Plannng and Budgeting (OSPB): https://grants.az.gov/covid-19-grant-resources/energy-and-environment
- Arizona Department of Water Resources: https://new.azwater.gov/rural-programs/grants
- Local First Arizona’s Economic Recovery Center, offering access to grants, technical assistance, project management and more: https://localfirstaz.com/economic-recovery-center
- University of Arizona Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions: https://ccass.arizona.edu.
- The University of Arizona Native Nations Climate Adaptation Program (NNCAP): https://www.nncap.arizona.edu
- The University of Arizona Climate Change Vulnerability of Native Americans in the Southwest:https://nativeadaptation.arizona.edu
- The University of Arizona Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Proejct: Center: https://www.swcasc.arizona.edu/tribes
- Northern Arizona University Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals: http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main
SW TRIBAL CLIMATE CHANGE PPROFILES AND ADAPTATION PLANS
- Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook: https://tribalclimateadaptationguidebook.org/about/
- Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation: https://www.nncap.arizona.edu/sites/default/files/pdf/FMYN_report_FINAL.pdf
- Navajo Nation
- Tohono O’odham Nation Climate Change Adaptation Plan: http://www.tonation-nsn.gov/water-resources/
UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
- Tribal Lands and Environment Forum, Northern Arizona University, Aug 14 – 17, 2023: https://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/Conferences/confr_tlef or https://sites.google.com/view/tlef2023/home
- Southwest Tribal Climate Action Summit, Sept 10-15, 2023: https://sites.google.com/nau.edu/sw-tribal-climate-action
- Southwest Indian Agriculture Association, Jan 15-18, 2024: https://www.swindianag.com
Resources compiled by the Haury Program in August 2023: https://haury.arizona.edu