Molokai Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation & Resiliency (CCSLAR) Plan
Molokai Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation & Resiliency (CCSLAR) Plan
Our overarching goal is to develop a Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation and Resiliency (CCSLAR) Plan that best serves our Molokai community.
Molokai, we need your manaʻo!
Molokai CCSLAR Plan Timeline — July 2020 – July 2023
Summer 2021
Project kickoff, draft work plan, create Stakeholder Master List & Outreach Program
November 2021
Community Walk-Thru Workshops #1
Maunaloa, Manaʻe, Hoʻolehua/Kualapuʻu, Kaunakakai
March 2022
Community Sea Level Rise Walking Tour
Spring 2022
Community Workshops #2
August 2022
Community Workshops #3
December 2022
Draft and finalize Molokai CCSLAR Plan
Molokai CCSLAR Plan will:
- have an indigenous place-based perspective—meaning the planning process will be led/driven by Molokaʻi kamaʻāina and long-time community leaders
- incorporate appropriate technical land-use planning and coastal engineering expertise
- utilize this process as an opportunity to engage and develop our next generation of local leaders
- result in an action-oriented document that identifies the key climate change issues and ways to build greater community adaptability, resilience, and capacity in the years ahead
Molokai Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation & Resiliency (CCSLAR) Plan
PROJECT TEAM
Sust’āinable Molokai Project Team
- Heather Place, Project Manager
- Katy Mokuau, Project Manager
- Harmonee Williams, Assistant Project Manager
- Malia Akutagawa, JD, ESQ., Associate Professor of Law & Hawaiian Studies, Hui ʻĀina Momona, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
- Matt Yamashita, Quazifilms
- Momi Afelin, Thomas J. Watson Fellow
- Jesica Yee, Project Assistant
Planning consultants: Townscape, Inc. (TSI)
- Bruce Tsuchida, TSI President and Principal Planner
- Sherri Hiraoka, TSI Vice President and Principal Planner
Engineering consultation: Sea Engineering (SEI)
- Marc Ericksen, SEI Vice President
- Andy Bohlander, Project Engineer
Molokai Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation and Resiliency (CCSLAR) Plan is presented by Sustʻāinable Molokai in collaboration with our community partners




Molokai Climate Change and Sea Level Adaptation and Resiliency (CCSLAR Master Plan is funded through Maui County Office of Council Services
Sustʻāinable Molokai is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community development organization.
Sust’āinable Molokai
Sustʻāinable Molokai
PO Box 250
Kaunakakai, HI 96748
Phone: (808) 560-5410
[email protected]