J3B Expanding and Enhancing Climate Information and Services: A Whole-of-Government Framework and Action Plan I

Monday, 29 January 2024: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
Holiday 5 (Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor)
Hosts: (Joint between the 19th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the 12th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )
Submitters:
Chair:
Cochairs:
Sean Bath; Emily Sylak-Glassman, NASA, Washington, DC and Carolyn Enquist, USGS, Tucson, AZ

The Nation urgently needs a suite of expanded and enhanced Federal climate services to provide timely, easy-to-find, and understandable climate information and resources. A more nationally coherent approach to climate services is necessary to meet the diversity of user needs, coordinate across the Federal enterprise alongside non-Federal partners, and ensure users, including disadvantaged and underserved communities, are centered in this work.

This session highlights a recently released Federal Framework and Action Plan for Climate Services from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The plan clarifies the understanding of the scope of climate services across the Federal Government, provides an initial framework for coordinating Federal agencies through the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and identifies specific actions that can be taken to build a more effective system of climate services for the Nation. This session will also highlight how Federal agencies are already enhancing and expanding climate services to meet the needs of communities and decision makers across the Nation. Through the vigorous and sustained implementation of these actions, the Federal Government, along with non-Federal partners, will be well-positioned to inform and support actions that address climate variability and change.

Papers:
1:45 PM
Introductory Remarks

1:55 PM
J3B.1
Who, What, Where, and How Much: An Inventory of Climate Programs Across the U.S. Federal Government
Haley Crim, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and J. K. Beck, C. Rodriguez Tolentino, Z. Avery, and F. Niepold III

2:08 PM
J3B.2
Advancing Climate Services through Science and Partnerships
Wayne Higgins, NOAA/OAR/CPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. J. DeAngelo, A. Mariotti, D. Herring, A. J. Liggett, and J. D. P. Coggin

2:21 PM
J3B.3
The Crucial Role of R&D in Advancing Climate Services
Anjuli S. Bamzai, Ph.D., NSF Directorate for Geosciences, Alexandria, VA; NSF, Alexandria, VA

2:47 PM
J3B.5
Public-Private Partnerships can Accelerate the Delivery of Urgently Needed, Accessible Information on Climate Risk
Stephanie Schollaert Uz, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; GSFC, Arlington , VA; and E. J. Kearns

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