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
As AI emerges as a game-changing tool across many NOAA mission areas, understanding how to responsibly harness this tool for climate and Earth system modeling is paramount.
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Earlier this week, CEE Division Chief David Herring gave an overview presentation on the Climate Resilience Toolkit, Climate Explorer, CMRA, and CRIS initiative during a panel session hosted by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, & Medicine.
The meeting brought together federal employees from seven different federal programs to facilitate knowledge, understanding, and collaboration among federal program managers working in adaptation and resilience.
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The National Climate Assessment informs the public and decision-makers in the U.S. about the status of climate change, its current impacts, and its future risks across the nation. The report also highlights opportunities for economic growth and resilience, as well as current mitigation and adaptation responses.
This interagency effort will result in the document’s first update since 2009, a highly necessary task given the advances in climate science and shift in public awareness and capacity to make informed decisions.
On December 6, the White House OSTP will host an event to highlight the release of the USGCRP Decadal Strategic Plan.
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NOAA promotes cooperation on global change research and benefits from interagency and international engagement provided through USGCRP. Members of NOAA’s Climate Program Office participated in the Annual International Meeting of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), held over a period of three days between November 19th and December 2nd. Wayne Higgins attended as the Chair of the Subcommittee on Global Change Research and was joined by Ben DeAngelo and Jin Huang. The meeting was convened by the USGCRP International Activities Interagency Working Group (IAIWG), co-chaired by Lisa Vaughan.
Development of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) is underway, and on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), NOAA is soliciting nominations for authors and technical inputs.
CPO-supported researcher Dr. Melissa Kenney was the lead author on a report published in the journal Climate Change on building the integrated national climate indicators system, a prototype of which launched in May 2015. The climate indicator system was designed to complement the National Climate Assessments (NCA) and provide more timely information to decision makers, said Kenney.
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Melissa Kenney, a University of Maryland researcher, has been named Sigma Xi’s 2015 national Young Investigator Award Winner.
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