On September 26-27, 2018, the town of Carbondale participated in a Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS) workshop. The VCAPS approach uses facilitated discussion to support municipalities in building resilience towards weather and climate hazard and impacts. Carbondale’s key concern for this workshop was the issue of drought. The pilot program workshop was facilitated by the Western Water Assessment (WWA) team, an applied research program based at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS) Final Report, January 2019