Thomas R. Karl Interim Director NOAA Climate Service Director National Climatic Data Center March 2010
TheTime to Act Is Now There is an urgent and growing need for reliable, trusted, transparent and timely climate information across all sectors of our economy. The need is great and growing. Extensive employee, stakeholder, advisory bodies and many others informed process of determining how to optimize NOAA’s world ‐ class science while strengthening service delivery. 2
3 MISSION NOAA Climate Service VISION GOALS
NOAA’s Role in a National Strategy International: International: National: National: Regional: Regional: • All nations must • All nations must • All agencies must consider • All agencies must consider recognize the need for • All agencies must engage in recognize the need for • All agencies must engage in climate change impacts as it climate change impacts as it climate services, and climate services, and a Regional Climate Service a Regional Climate Service relates to their mission areas, relates to their mission areas, continue on the progress Enterprise to ensure users continue on the progress Enterprise to ensure users and commit to work within a and commit to work within a made at the WCC ‐ 3. made at the WCC ‐ 3. have the climate have the climate cooperative and collaborative cooperative and collaborative • NOAA is internationally • NOAA is internationally information they need. information they need. interagency strategy . interagency strategy . recognized as advancing recognized as advancing • NOAA’s regional service • NOAA provides core • NOAA’s regional service • NOAA provides core the state of climate the state of climate capacity, with over two capabilities to national capacity, with over two capabilities to national knowledge, for knowledge, for centuries of experience, is climate services through centuries of experience, is climate services through leadership in GEOSS, leadership in GEOSS, delivering services today NOAA’s decades of NOAA’s decades of delivering services today and is viewed as critical and is viewed as critical expertise in observing, through public and through public and expertise in observing, to developing regional to developing regional monitoring, research, private partnerships, and private partnerships, and monitoring, research, scale impact scale impact is ready to engage in the modeling, assessments, is ready to engage in the modeling, assessments, assessments. assessments. national climate service and existing service national climate service and existing service strategy. delivery structures. strategy. delivery structures. 4
* NOAA commits to * Security providing critical assets in science Forestry and service to a Federal Water Partnerships & partnership NOAA’s Assets Collaboration Health Information Delivery and Decision Support NOAA uses its national and regional infrastructure to deliver climate services today Infrastructure Assessments of Climate Change and Impacts NOAA is a leader in national and regional climate impact assessments Global Over 70% of Federal IPCC AR4 WG1 authors were from NOAA Land Management Climate Change Research and Modeling Internationally recognized models of the global climate Oceans Climate Observations and Monitoring NOAA operates over 90 observation and monitoring systems Energy NOAA is mandated to monitor and provide access to climate data and information Other *Representative Organizations & Sectors 5
Federal Partnership for Climate Science and Service • All agencies must consider climate change adaptation and mitigation as it relates to their mission areas and work in an interagency framework to: Promote understanding and engagement of users by listening and responding to their changing needs; Provide needed services to address impacts to meet the nation’s needs; Engage in science and service partnerships with public, private, and academic entities. • Leverage and coordinate existing structures to develop and deliver climate services, such as CEQ/OSTP/NOAA Adaptation Working Group, NSTC/USGCRP, and OECC. 6
Federal Regional Climate Service Enterprise Connecting Science, Services and People State and Local Engagement, Education & Service Delivery • Other agencies (e.g., National Science Foundation, • Weather Forecast Offices Dept. of Education, Health & Human Services, Dept. of • Sea Grant Education & Extension Energy, Dept of Interior, Dept of Agriculture) • Marine Sanctuaries, Monuments • Dept. of Agriculture Extension & Estuarine Reserves • State Climatologists • River Forecast Centers • Federal Protect Area Programs • Data Centers • USGCRP Climate Literacy Partners • DOC Commerce Connect (in development) • Etc… Regional Climate Services Partnerships USER ENGAGEMENT USER ENGAGEMENT • NOAA Regional Climate • Relevant Regional Offices from other Service Programs • Development, Delivery & • Development, Delivery & • Weather Service Regions agencies (e.g., Environmental Evaluation of Products & Tools Evaluation of Products & Tools Protection Agency, Dept. of • Regional Climate Centers Agriculture, Dept. of Interior, • Coastal Services Center • Understanding and Translating • Understanding and Translating • River Forecast Centers Health and Human Services, User Needs User Needs Dept. of Transportation, Dept of • Regional Collaboration Teams • Informing Program • Informing Program Government • Data Centers Energy, etc.) Private Requirements Requirements Sector Regional Climate Science Academia NGO’s • Regional Integrated Science & Assessments (RISA) • Other agencies (e.g., National Aeronautics • NOAA Labs and Space Administration, Dept. of Interior, • Sea Grant Dept. of Agriculture, National Science • Cooperative Institutes Foundation & other USGCRP agencies) • Applied Research Centers • Etc… • Data Centers 7
Meeting the Rising Demand for Climate Services 1. NOAA’s existing framework for climate was established before climate services were recognized as essential, and is not optimized for climate service delivery. 2. While NOAA has continued to build its suite of climate services within its existing framework, including our interagency approach to delivering drought information services, much of the demand remains unmet. 3. To meet climate service demands, NOAA must direct efforts to develop a framework that will: Connect users to existing climate products and services, while continuing to develop new authoritative, reliable services; Transform current science and data into understandable, usable and accessible information; Actively engage users in service development. 4. NOAA’s climate framework must deliver needed climate services while maintaining leadership in observing, research, modeling and assessments “If America is to avoid the most damaging effects of climate change, we have to first understand it – and that is where the Department of Commerce is instrumental.” - Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke 8
NOAA Climate Service (NCS) 9 Proposed
10 Regional Climate Service Directors
NOAA Climate Services Portal www.climate.gov One-stop access for NOAA’s climate information Multiple audiences so multiple avenues to access information ClimateWatch Magazine Data and Services Understanding Climate Education Climate Dashboard 11
For More Information… www.noaa.gov/climate Q&As, proposed reorganization chart, a Power Point, climate handouts featuring our science and regional services, and recordings from this Town Hall and a press conference. climateservice@noaa.gov New mailbox to address your questions www.climate.gov NOAA’s new Climate Portal 12
Next steps… Engagement Sessions Public Policy Forum Ocean Leadership March 10 th Webinar – March 11 th Regional Climate Centers, State Climatologists, Cooperative Research Institutes, etc. Goddard Symposium March 11 th Webinar – Date TBD – NGOs, State and Local Government Webinar – Date TBD – Academia, private industry Association of American Geographers April 15 th D.C. American Meteorological Society – Private Public Partnership Fora April 6 th D.C. NOAA Climate Service 13
Next Steps… • NOAA submits a reprogramming package to DOC, OMB, Congress No new Legislation required, but.. • Congressional Appropriation Budget Breakout approval necessary • Consolidated Appropriations Act 2010 • National Academy of Public Administration • ‘Study and analyze organizational options for a National Climate Service within NOAA” • To be completed summer 2010 • • If approved, we can move quickly to begin implementing the reorganization. • We look forward to having NOAA Climate Service up and running by the beginning of FY11. NOAA Climate Service 14
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