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Other Topics in Coastal Zone Management Climate Change Adaptation Bill -Goals Ensure that Hawaii's people are educated, informed, and aware of the impacts climate change may have on their communities; Encourage community stewardship groups and local stakeholders to participate in planning and implementation of climate change policies; Invest in continued monitoring and research of Hawaii's climate and the impacts of climate change on the State of Hawaii; Consider Native Hawaiian traditional knowledge and practices in planning for the impacts of climate change; Encourage the preservation and restoration of natural landscape features (such as coral reefs, beaches and dunes, forests, streams, floodplains and wetlands) that have the inherent capacity to avoid, minimize, or mitigate the impacts of climate change; Explore adaptation strategies that moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities in response to actual or expected climate change impacts to the natural and built environments; Promote sector resilience (in areas such as water, roads, airports, public health) by encouraging the Identification of climate change threats, assessment of potential consequences, and evaluation of adaptation options; Foster cross - jurisdictional collaboration between county, state, and federal agencies and partnerships cross-jurisdictional government and private entities and other non - governmental entities, including not for profits; Use management and implementation approaches that encourage the continual collection, evaluation and integration of new information and strategies into new and existing practices, policies, and plans; and Encourage planning and management of the natural and built environments that effectively integrates climate change policy. • Hawaii 414 Coastal Zane Management Other Topics in Coastal Zone Management Climate Change Adaptation Bill - Implementation Action Refining permitting programs to account for climate change Zoning development away from sensitive and hazard -prone areas Creating setbacks or rolling easements Restricting the use of shore protection structures Minimizing extent of impervious surfaces Establishing buffers around natural features Instituting or strengthening building codes in flood- and erosion -prone areas Adapting to Climate Change: A Planning Guide for State Coastal Managers, NOAA (2010), available at http: / /coastalmanagement.noaa.gov /cli mate /docs /adaptationguide.pdf • 416, Caudal Zane Management 12