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Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Issue: Climate ChangeApril 22nd, 2014
Current LanguageThe term “climate change” is not used anywhere in the draft Agreement. It is addressed more generally as “changing environmental conditions” in three different sections (see italics language below.)- Preamble: “Much progress has been made, but there is more to do especially in the face of continued challenges such as changes in population, loss of farm and forest lands and changing environmental conditions.”- Principles: “The Partners will: anticipate changing conditions, including long-term trends in sea level, temperature, precipitation, land use and other variables.”- Management Strategy Development and Implementation: “Management strategies may address multiple outcomes if deemed appropriate. Goal Implementation Teams will re-evaluate biennially and update them as necessary, with attention to changing environmental and economic conditions. Policy changes to address these conditions and minimize obstacles to achieve the outcome may be identified.” Options1. Add a new
