NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research today announced that comments are being sought by Friday, Jan. 27 on the draft Fifth National Climate Assessment. The Global Change Research Act of 1990 requires the U.S. Global Change Research Program to conduct a quadrennial National Climate Assessment to evaluate scientific findings and uncertainties related to global change, analyze the [...]
Archive | November, 2022
Ocean Policy Committee Executive Director Addresses NROC Meeting
During a presentation today at a meeting of the Northeast Regional Ocean Council, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Asst. Director for Oceans and Environment and Ocean Policy Committee Executive Director Deerin Babb-Brott discussed the administration’s support for regional ocean partnerships and how the Ocean Policy Committee will leverage their activities as a national model in terms [...]
NMFS Announces Members of American Fisheries Advisory Committee
NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced the membership of the new American Fisheries Advisory Committee. The Committee, which will hold its inaugural meeting in Seattle, WA the week of December 12, was established by law in May and is tasked with evaluating and making recommendations for an annual competition that provides grants or cooperative agreements for fisheries research [...]
WH OSTP Announces Efforts on Nature-Based Solutions, Ties to 30×30
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy today announced the release of a report on “Opportunities to Accelerate Nature Based Solutions: A Roadmap for Climate Progress, Thriving Nature, Equity, and Prosperity,” calling it “high time for nature-based solutions to be used and scaled as critical tools in the fight against climate change, nature loss and inequity” [...]
