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
This online tool aims to communicate potential vulnerabilities to the public and authorities responsible for allocating resources for hazard mitigation activities, and help local hazard mitigation, infrastructure, and land use planners integrate climate information into their hazard mitigation and other planning efforts.
Laura Brewington, co-lead investigator for Pacific RISA, a NOAA CAP/RISA team, organized the Pacific Ecological Security Conference (PESC) to discuss the threat of climate change and invasive species in the Pacific Region.
Wanda Crespo-Acevedo, a CAP/RISA Climate Adaptation Specialist, is interviewed by podcast UrbanaPlanifica on climate change and its impact on Puerto Rico.
NOAA CAP/RISA team members attend NAF to share and gather information on climate adaptation, community engagement, and building partnerships.
CPO’s Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, is announcing one 5-year CAP/RISA team in a new region in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). The award will advance equitable adaptation in the U.S. Caribbean region through sustained regional research and community engagement. CAP/RISA teams focus on multiple climate and society issues,
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CPO’s Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, is announcing two new 5-year awards for CAP/RISA teams in continuing regions in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). The awards will advance equitable adaptation in the West and Southwest regions through sustained regional research and community engagement. CAP/RISA teams focus on multiple climate
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CPO’s Climate Adaptation Partnerships program, formerly the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program, is announcing three new 1-year activity projects in Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22). The award funds multi-collaborator workshops or other innovative planning activities in the subregions of the Upper Northeast (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, western Massachusetts, and Upstate New York) and Appalachia (West
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Brittany Salmons worked with the Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity (C3HE), a NOAA CAP/RISA team, and their Justice40 programs to identify communities most in need of climate adaptation research.
Anthony Leroy Westerling with CNAP, a CAP/RISA team, co-authors publication titled, “Spatial and temporal patterns of wildfire burn severity and biomass burning-induced emissions in California.”
CPO’s Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) program is changing its name to the Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) program. Read on to learn more about the newly branded CAP program and how they’re advancing equitable adaptation through sustained regional research and community engagement.