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Toward a Resilient California

Building the Foundation for a Resilient Future

Complex and intersecting disasters, including climate change, megafires, and the COVID-19 pandemic, are radically disrupting the ways in which Californians live and work. Science and technology (S&T) are revolutionizing a range of sectors in ways that heighten opportunities for social progress, but also threaten to magnify existing social inequalities and present risks to privacy, public safety, and national security.

In recognition of this need, and the increasing scale of disasters in the Golden State, CCST redoubled our efforts on disaster resilience to increase the delivery and responsiveness of advisory services provided by independent S&T experts to State policymakers. We mobilize the S&T expertise across California’s extraordinary research and innovation enterprise to deliver science-driven recommendations for increasing resilience to complex, intersecting disasters.

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2020 Annual Report Cover, San Francisco orange from wildfire, Sept 2020

CCST Annual Report 2020

Toward a Resilient California

In our 2020 Annual Report, read a message from our Board Chair Peter Cowhey reflecting on the historic and challenging year that included a global pandemic, a movement for racial justice, historic wildfire and a continued climate crisis, and a Presidential election. See progress made on our disaster resilience initiative, Toward a Resilient California. Learn about these important developments on wildfire and COVID-19 exposure notification, meet the 2020 class of CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows (the first class to be placed in Executive Branch offices), view photos from Science & Technology Week, and find more details about our Board of Directors and financials in the full report.

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January 28, 2021
CCST Annual Report 2020
2020 Annual Report Cover, San Francisco orange from wildfire, Sept 2020

This report provides an overview of CCST’s activities in 2020, including studies, Expert Briefings, the CCST Science Fellows, updates from S&T Week, and more.

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October 29, 2020
The Costs of Wildfire in California

Executive Summary Download CCST One Pager: The Costs of Wildfire in California Download Video: Public Briefing (10/29/20)…

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January 15, 2020
The Costs of Wildfire in California

CCST has received funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Moore Foundation) to produce a peer-reviewed report on the costs and losses of wildfires in California.

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We know science and technology must be essential components of our recovery from the pandemic and our preparation for future complex disasters.

Peter Cowhey
CCST Board Chair

 

Resilience News and Events

February 19, 2021
CCST Hosts Resilience Workshop Exploring California’s COVID-19 Policy Challenges
Zoom screenshot of Amber Mace, Assemblymember Quirk, Julianne McCall, and Marko Mijic

    On February 18th, as part of CCST’s disaster resilience initiative, “Toward a Resilient California,” CCST…

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January 28, 2021
CCST Annual Report 2020: Toward a Resilient California
CCST Annual Report featured image, San Francisco orange from wildfire, Sept 2020

  Download our 2020 Annual Report (PDF).   Message from the CCST Board Chair   As I…

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January 5, 2021
CCST to Host Panels on California’s COVID Response, Cost of Wildfires at NCSE Drawdown 2021

This week, the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) and Project Drawdown are co-hosting their…

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November 24, 2020
Update: Watch the Virtual CCST Expert Briefing on Blue Carbon Sequestration
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Update 12/10: The briefing is now available to watch. Download the CCST One Pager. Held in partnership…

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October 29, 2020
CCST Report Assesses the Costs of Wildfire in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) has issued the…

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October 22, 2020
Update: Watch Now – CCST Releases Report on “The Costs of Wildfire in California”

  Update (10/29/20): The report is now available to download: https://ccst.us/reports/the-costs-of-wildfire-in-california-2/ A Virtual CCST Report Release Briefing:…

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