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Relocation Strategies and

Obstacles Panel

Julie Maldonado

jkmaldo@gmail.com

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US National Climate Assessment (NCA):

Key Message about Relocation

Accelerated sea level rise erosion !erma"rost t#a$ and%or

increased intensity o" $eat#er events areforcing relocationof entire tribal and indigenous communitiesin Alas&a'ouisiana t#e Paci"ic slands and ot#er coastal locations

*#ese relocations and t#e lac& o" governance mec#anismsor "unding to su!!ort t#em are causing loss o" community

and culture #ealt# im!acts and economic decline "urt#er

e+acerbating tribal im!overis#ment

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