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
Created to call municipal leaders to action, the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 2005 levels by 2050 and highlights ways to equitably build climate resilience and a vibrant economy at the municipal level.
With CPO Support, Chicago Regional Climate Plan Launched on July 13th Read More »
The 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region, co-authored by the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and the NOAA Climate Program Office, will serve a region which is home to nearly 9 million people in more than 280 cities, towns, and villages. It is one of the first regional climate plans in the United States.
NOAA, Chicago partner on climate plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Read More »
Titled “Tackling the Climate Crisis,” the NOAA challenge is to develop accessible, easy-to-use tools to assist local governments in identifying and integrating locally relevant federal datasets into their own tailor-made geospatial information systems to support the development of climate resilience plans.
Census Bureau Selects NOAA Problem Statement for The Opportunity Project Read More »
Co-authored by CPO and the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, this is the first such plan to serve the Chicago metropolitan region, which is home to nearly 10 million people in more than 280 cities, towns, and villages.
Metropolitan Mayors Caucus to Launch 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region Read More »
The Southeast faces numerous climate hazards, and this targeted set of resources can help communities across the region build climate resilience.
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit Rolls Out Southeast Region Read More »
The review camp will review and certify new teaching activities as high quality resources that are ready to be entered into the CPO-funded Climate Literacy and Energy Network (CLEAN) collection. Since being launched in 2010, the CLEAN review camp process has evaluated over 30,000 resources.
Climate Literacy and Energy Network to Hold 16th Review Camp of Educational Resources Read More »
CRF, with support from CPO’s Communication, Education, and Engagement (CEE) Division, is seeking proposals for projects that will directly support efforts to ramp up resilience-building efforts in communities across the United States.
Featuring the scientists who write for the Climate.gov El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Blog, the experts will answer the public’s questions regarding El Niño and La Niña at the NOAAClimate Twitter handle, discussing impacts, forecasts, and future changes to ENSO.
Climate.gov to Host ENSO Tweet Chat with the ENSO Bloggers Read More »
By investing in development of the open-source Climate Explorer tool, CPO’s Communication Education and Engagement division enabled the Forest Service to build a derivative tool for their information needs at a fraction of the cost of developing a new tool. The Climate by Forest tool will allow them to access climate projection data by ecoregion within National Forest System lands.
USDA Forest Service Leverages CPO-Sponsored Tool for Climate Projections Read More »