Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
Advancing scientific understanding of climate, improving society’s ability to plan and respond
The awards are intended to support island communities with implementing regenerative tourism projects and approaches as part of their broader efforts to build climate resilience and advance their sustainable development goals.
Scientists, policymakers, local organizers, and other blue carbon stakeholders convened at the meeting in Cape Town, South Africa from September 2nd – 5th, 2024.
During the three-day workshop, participants outlined strategies to monitor mangroves and enhance education and engagement with communities and decision makers.
The new projects aim to identify and better understand evolving climate risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptive capacity for islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
The Adaptation Sciences (AdSci) program contributed to a number of coastal blue carbon accomplishments in 2023.
The Adaptation Sciences program is announcing 11 new two-year projects in Fiscal Year 2023 that aim to identify and better understand evolving climate risks, vulnerabilities and adaptive capacity for islands in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
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NOAA programs and partners played a key role throughout the planning and implementation of the event, providing technical insight and sharing research findings relevant to island solutions.
The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) Coastal Carbon Network (CCN) released on April 22nd, 2024 a first of its kind report on the latest state of available blue carbon data.
The report highlighted NOAA’s Blue Carbon Inventory Project’s international collaboration, specifically regarding two workshops in Ghana.
The project’s overarching objective is to holistically evaluate strategies that not only enhance Crisfield, MD’s resilience to the physical impacts of flooding and sea level rise but also align with locally identified community goals.
AdSci-funded research supports a rural coastal community to become resilient Read More »