The NC CASC Rapid Climate Assessment Program (RCAP) aims to create a series of Rapid Climate Assessments (RCAs) which are a synthesis of science information that can be used as a baseline for further research and a foundation for future stakeholder engagement. These RCAs include key elements of collaborative climate adaptation science, including co-production by stakeholders and researchers, status and vulnerability assessments, and identification of challenges and solutions for the given topic.

In Summer 2024, the NC CASC had six RCAPs, which covered topics ranging from sagebrush ecosystems to Tribal planning processes to wildlife disease management. Two RCAP products are now published on our website: 

• “Climate Change Impact Assessment for the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument (UMRBNM)” 

  From the UMRBNM RCAP team: Kyra Clark-Wolf (NC CASC co-lead), Imtiaz Rangwala (NC CASC co-lead), and Andrew Veselka (Graduate Research Assistant) 

• “Socioecological Transformation in the Sagebrush Ecosystems of the North Central US Region,” an annotated bibliography

  From the Ecological Transformation in Sagebrush Ecosystems RCAP team: Imtiaz Rangwala (NC CASC co-lead), Kyra Clark-Wolf (NC CASC co-lead), Christy Miller Hesed (NC CASC co-lead), Katie Bardsley (Graduate Research Assistant) and Lauren Barrett (Graduate Research Assistant)

Read the new products using the links above, or learn more about the Summer 2024 RCAPs here!