{"id":50,"date":"2024-02-22T19:55:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T19:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:03:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:03:03","slug":"about-c-charm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/about-c-charm\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-37cd6f4b wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Climate Risk in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The impacts of climate extremes are immediate realities in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Climate-related hazards and low climate resilience due to geographic, topographic, and ecological factors characterize the rural communities with post-industrial economic decline within the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Recognizing this urgency, C-CHARM facilitates a diverse coalition, including research institutions, community organizations, educational entities, and industry partners, to unravel the intricacies of local climate change impact and shape climate-resilient strategies. C-CHARM engages in collaborative research, community involvement, and educational initiatives to empower rural communities in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan for a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:53% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-202 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/C-CHARM-Onepage.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"201\">Download our 1-page project overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:53% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-1-pager-draft-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-348 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-1-pager-draft-791x1024.png 791w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-1-pager-draft-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-1-pager-draft-768x994.png 768w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-1-pager-draft-1187x1536.png 1187w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-1-pager-draft.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/C-CHARM-Onepager-2025.pdf\">Download our 1-page flyer.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20220429_105850-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20220429_105850-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20220429_105850-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20220429_105850-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20220429_105850-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c-charm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/20220429_105850-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Erosion along Lake Superior. Photo credit: Evan Lanese.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Risk in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan&nbsp; The impacts of climate extremes are immediate realities in the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Climate-related hazards and low climate resilience due to geographic, topographic, and ecological factors characterize the rural communities with post-industrial economic decline within the Western Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Recognizing this urgency, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-50","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":363,"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/50\/revisions\/363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c-charm.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}