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
NOAA’S Climate Program Office (CPO) announced today a total award amount of over $15 million to support 63 innovative and impactful projects that will improve our nation’s resilience at a critical time in the fight against the climate crisis.
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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.
Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA) program, a NOAA CAP/RISA team, researchers publish article proposing new methods for inclusive engagement to better prepare for the future with climate change.
Held in Baltimore from Oct. 25-27, the event will provide the opportunity for CPO and other NOAA personnel to share knowledge and resources regarding adaptation, and build partnerships.
CPO employees Ariela Zycherman and Morgan Zabow will present at NOAA’s third Equity in Action Symposium to discuss environmental justice and equity efforts across NOAA and the ways in which RISA and NIHHIS contribute to the President’s Justice40 Initiative.
This virtual webinar, titled Planning for Fire: Wildfire, Water Quality, and Local Preparedness in the West, highlights graduate student work on local fire risk reduction planning and water quality planning in the face of wildfire risk.