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 Biden-Harris Administration released the Nature-Based Solutions Roadmap, an outline of strategic recommendations to put America on a path that will unlock the full potential of nature-based solutions to address climate change, nature loss, and inequity. This marks the first time the U.S. has developed a strategy to scale up nature-based solutions.
CPO’s Adaptation Sciences Program will lead a U.S. Center side event highlighting two international partnerships, the Local2030 Islands Network and the Renewable Energy for Latin America and the Caribbean (RELAC) initiative, as well as their U.S. Federal Agency and international partners, working towards ambitious and necessary net-zero and climate resilience goals during COP27.
CPO’s Adaptation Sciences Program will support NOAA Administrator Dr. Rick Spinrad’s participation in an event on international partnerships for blue carbon at COP27.
In this interview, Climate Program Office Adaptation Sciences Program lead Nancy Beller-Simms discusses finding her calling, career accomplishments, and challenges she has faced along the way.