2: Weather-Ready Nation
Society is prepared for and responds to weather-related events Other Information:
A weather-ready nation is a society that is able to prepare for and respond to environmental events that affect safety, health,
the environment, economy, and homeland security. Urbanization and a growing population increasingly put people and businesses
at greater risk to the impacts of weather, water, and climate-related hazards. NOAA's capacity to provide relevant information
can help create a society that is more adaptive to its environment; experiences fewer disruptions, dislocation, and injuries;
and that operates a more efficient economy. Over the long-term, climate change may increase the intensity and even the frequency
of adverse weather events, which range from drought and floods, to wildfires, heat waves, storms, and hurricanes. Changing
weather, water, and climate conditions affect the economic vitality of communities and commercial industries, including the
energy, transportation, and agriculture sectors. Environmental information aligned with user needs will become ever more critical
to the safety and well-being of those exposed to sudden or prolonged hazards and is essential to sustain competitive advantage,
expand economic growth, and to secure the Nation. All of the objectives within the Weather-ready Nation goal are highly dependent
on progress toward the objectives under the Climate Adaptation and Mitigation goal. Likewise, progress toward this goal will
benefit many of the objectives of the Healthy Oceans and Resilient Coastal Communities and Economies goals, and vice versa.
Stakeholder(s):
- NOAA Partners: NOAA Partnerships for a Weather-Ready Nation—Achieving a weather-ready nation requires the work of NOAA, and the combined
efforts of numerous public, private, and academic partners.
- The Media: The dissemination, communication, and validation of NOAA forecasts and warnings depend on the media, the emergency management
community, and the U.S. weather and climate industry.
- Emergency Management Community
- U.S. Weather Industry
- U.S. Climate Industry
- Companies: NOAA views this diverse and growing industry of companies, media outlets, and others that create weather programming, provide
consulting services, and deliver information to American society as a key strategic partner, which provides valuable services
to many businesses while also being an important economic sector in its own right.
- Media Outlets
- Local Emergency Managers: NOAA will work closely with local, State, and national emergency managers and other Government Agencies to understand better
the information they need to assess risk and make decisions. This will lead to more integrated, usable, and relevant information
and services. NOAA must strengthen relationships with many existing partners and develop new relationships that enable better
integration of information into emerging areas that have economic, environmental, and health impacts.
- State Emergency Managers
- National Emergency Managers
- Department of Commerce (DOC): Examples of long-standing partnerships include other Department of Commerce (DOC) Agencies; DHS; the Federal Emergency Management
Agency; DOT; DOD; the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS); the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE); NASA; and numerous regional,
State and local Agencies.
- DHS
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- DOT
- DOD
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- NASA
- Regional Agencies
- State Agencies
- Local Agencies
- United Nations (UN): NOAA's collaboration and partnership does not stop at U.S. borders. NOAA will continue to foster global collaboration, working
through the United Nations (UN) process and international agreements. Global cooperation on observations, data exchange, modeling,
research, and development is essential to NOAA's continued and future success.
Objective(s):
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