Alaska Climate Change Impact Mitigation Program This legacy program is no longer funded and is for historic purposes only. The Alaska Climate Change Impact Mitigation Program (ACCIMP) was established to provide technical assistance and funding to communities imminently threatened by climate-related natural hazards such as erosion, flooding, storm surge, and thawing permafrost. The intent of the program was to help impacted communities develop a planned approach to shoreline protection, building relocation and/or eventual relocation of the village. The ACCIMP sought to create safe, healthy and sustainable communities by increasing community resilience to climate-related natural hazards. The ACCIMP was implemented through a two-step process HAZARD IMPACT ASSESSMENTS were conducted to identify and define the hazard impacts in the community, to assess how those hazards impact the community, and to develop recommendations for how the community might best mitigate those hazard impacts; and COMMUNITY PLANNING GRANTS allowed communities to carry out one or more or the recommendations from the Hazard Impact Assessment. Results of community planning efforts provided a common blueprint for investment of federal assistance and state and local resources as well. ACCIMP Program Documents and Links Map of ACCIMP Communities ACCIMP Regulations - 3 AAC 195 Alaska Baseline Erosion Assessments Immediate Action Work Group Immediate Action Working Group 2009 Final Recommendations Report Immediate Action Working Group 2008 Final Recommendations Report GAO Report 551 on Alaska Native Villages Threatened by Flooding and Erosion GAO Report 142 on Alaska Native Villages Threatened by Flooding and Erosion Community Climate Change Resources Climate Resilience in Alaska Communities: Catalog of Federal Programs – Arctic Executive Steering Committee U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit Atlas of Community-Based Monitoring in a Changing Arctic Alaska Climate Change Adaptation Planning Tool – Alaska Sea Grant Program Annotated Resources on Climate Change Adaptation for Alaska Communities – Alaska Sea Grant Climate Change Adaptation Planning Manual for Coastal Alaskans and Marine-Dependent Communities – Alaska Sea Grant Climate Change and Subsistence: What It Means to Alaskans and How We Can Adapt – Alaska Sea Grant Understanding and Evaluating Erosion Problems – Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans – EPA Promoting Generations of Self-Reliance: Stories and Examples of Tribal Adaptation to Change – EPA & ACCAP Community-Based Monitoring of Alaska’s Coastal and Ocean Environment: Best Practices for Linking Alaska Citizens with Science – Alaska Sea Grant Program Alaska Emergency Response Guide for Small Communities - Alaska Division of Homeland and Emergency Management Decision Making for At-Risk Communities in a Changing Climate, ACCAP Strengthening Local Resilience through Community-Based Adaptation Efforts Collaborative Community Planning for Resilient Alaska Communities DCRA's Community Resilience Programs State and Federal Programs Section Page Community Resilience Programs Main Page Alaska Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Program Assistance to Environmentally Threatened Communities Alaska Community Coastal Protection Project Village Inter-Agency Planning Groups Newtok Planning Group Kivalina Inter-Agency Planning Group Shaktoolik Inter-Agency Planning Group For more information contact: Sally Russell Cox Local Government Specialist 5 / Resilience, Planning, And Land Management Section Division of Community and Regional Affairs Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1640 Anchorage, AK 99501 Phone: (907) 269-4588 Fax: (907) 269-4539 Revised 8/1/2024