Join us at Climate Week 2023!
This 90-minute meeting will bring together coastal U.S. states on the front lines of climate-ocean change to discuss turning policy priorities into aligned actions and shared investments.
Event Overview
Federally, the U.S. has led domestic and international leadership on climate-ocean change knowledge and response. On March 21, 2023 the U.S. government released President Biden’s Ocean Climate Action Plan.
U.S. states have been transforming climate-ocean policy by assessing regional risks, prioritizing information needs, incorporating coastal habitats into climate mitigation planning, and formulating local actions to support coastal and community resilience.
This working meeting will bring together U.S. states and federal practitioners around the themes of blue carbon ecosystems; and climate resilient marine resources and coastal communities.
Outcomes include: (1) identification of shared priorities or state/regional needs; (2) recommendations to the federal government in implementing related activities of the Ocean Climate Action Plan; (3) funding to support regional or state programs/ projects.