Publications by Stacy Schaefer

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Charles County Climate Adaptation Report Card (Page 1)

Charles County Climate Adaptation Report Card

Katie May Laumann, Stacy Schaefer, Annie Carew, Lili Badri ·
26 June 2025

Following the first-ever Maryland Coastal Adaptation Report Card in 2021, IAN collaborated with the Charles County Resilience Authority to develop a county-level assessment of coastal adaptation. Following in-person and virtual stakeholder engagement workshops, a suite of eighteen resilience indicators and nine vulnerability indicators were identified and assessed. Dividing adaptation indicators into two categories highlights areas that are doing particularly well or require extra attention.

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