{"id":8696,"date":"2016-06-29T10:28:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T14:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/?post_type=news&p=7929"},"modified":"2016-06-29T10:28:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-29T14:28:13","slug":"noaa-establishes-new-panel-to-guide-sustained-national-climate-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/noaa-establishes-new-panel-to-guide-sustained-national-climate-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"NOAA establishes new panel to guide sustained National Climate Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/h3>\n

Contacts:
\nMonica Allen, public affairs director for NOAA Research, 301-734-1123, monica.allen@noaa.gov
\n<\/a><\/em>Jessica Whitehead, North Carolina Sea Grant, 919-515-1686, j_whitehead@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Posted Wednesday, June 29, 2016<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica Whitehead, North Carolina Sea Grant coastal communities hazards adaptation specialist, has been named to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s<\/em> new Federal Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment. She will serve a two-year term, ending in spring 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

She was nominated by the national Sea Grant Climate Network, a group she chairs, to this committee. <\/em><\/p>\n

Whitehead<\/a> brings experience helping communities, particularly rural coastal communities, understand weather and climate hazards, their vulnerabilities to these hazards, and adaptation options that could increase community resilience. She received her doctoral degree in geography from the Pennsylvania State University. Read more about Whitehead here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

This announcement is shared on behalf of NOAA and is available here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

NOAA today announced the appointment of 15 members to the new Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment<\/a>. The committee will advise NOAA on sustained climate assessment activities and products, including engagement of stakeholders. NOAA will ensure the committee\u2019s advice is provided to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) for use by the United States Global Change Research Program<\/a> (USGCRP), a confederation of the research arms of 13 federal departments and agencies, which carry out research and develop and maintain capabilities to support the Nation\u2019s understanding and response to global change. OSTP requested NOAA lead the federal advisory committee.<\/p>\n

USGCRP is implementing a sustained National Climate Assessment process to help the Nation prepare for the effects of climate and global environmental change. The sustained process facilitates ongoing and transparent interactions among scientists and stakeholders across regions and sectors. This process enables information and insights to be shared as they emerge and supports the quadrennial National Climate Assessment required by the Global Change Research Act of 1990.<\/p>\n

The advisory committee’s members represent diverse viewpoints, interests of geographic regions of the country, and sectors of U.S. society. Members include experts in physical and social sciences, communication, education, and other topics reflecting the full scope of issues relevant to the sustained National Climate Assessment process. Members are appointed by Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA administrator, in consultation with the OSTP Director, Dr. John Holdren.<\/p>\n

The members are:<\/p>\n