climate commission files report

After some delay, the Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission has finished its final report. It's available online at the commission's Web site. Just from a skim, it's well-written and got some interesting stuff I really hadn't known much about -- impacts on insurance coverage, international competition on shipping routes, etc. It uses strong language about many of the impacts happening, but doesn't blame them on human activities or recommend any kind of mitigation strategies -- it's all about adaptation, as the commission said all along. The group had the option of continuing its work, but chose to pass the ball to the gov's sub-cabinet. Also included in the report are written comments from individual departments, which should be interesting. In terms of legislative recommendations, there are a few specific ones, but no dollar figures. And, with less than 30 days left in a busy session, I can't imagine there will be much attention paid to them.