• Skip to main content
CCST Logo
MENU
  • About
    • About CCST
    • 2021 Annual Report
    • Careers
    • Contact
  • Fellows
    • CCST S&T Policy Fellows Program
    • Our Fellows
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Fellows Blog & News
    • Application
  • Services
    • What We Do
    • Expert Briefings
    • Commissioned Projects & Reports
      • View All Projects and Publications
      • The Costs of Wildfire in California
      • SB 826 – Underground Natural Gas Storage
    • Science & Technology Week
    • Disaster Resilience Initiative
    • Contact
    • Nominate an Expert
  • People
    • Board of Directors
    • Distinguished Experts
    • CCST S&T Policy Fellows
    • Staff
    • California Teacher Advisory Council (CalTAC)
  • Partners
  • Publications
    • Search All Projects & Publications
  • News
    • All News
    • Events
    • Fellows Blog & News
    • Press Releases
  • Donate
MENU
×
  • About
    • About CCST
    • 2021 Annual Report
    • Careers
    • Contact
  • Fellows
    • CCST S&T Policy Fellows Program
    • Our Fellows
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Fellows Blog & News
    • Application
  • Services
    • What We Do
    • Expert Briefings
    • Commissioned Projects & Reports
      • View All Projects and Publications
      • The Costs of Wildfire in California
      • SB 826 – Underground Natural Gas Storage
    • Science & Technology Week
    • Disaster Resilience Initiative
    • Contact
    • Nominate an Expert
  • People
    • Board of Directors
    • Distinguished Experts
    • CCST S&T Policy Fellows
    • Staff
    • California Teacher Advisory Council (CalTAC)
  • Partners
  • Publications
    • Search All Projects & Publications
  • News
    • All News
    • Events
    • Fellows Blog & News
    • Press Releases
  • Donate

Disaster Resilience Initiative

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.

Sign up to hear about CCST Events

Media Information

Get our CCST Spotlight Newsletter!
Facebook Icon
Twitter Icon
Linkedin Icon
Report cover with a view of an open road with mountains and the sun setting or rising over them with shades of sky

CCST Annual Report 2021

Toward a Resilient California

In our 2021 Annual Report, read messages from CCST Board Chair Peter Cowhey and CEO Amber Mace reflecting on the challenges faced in another year of the global COVID-19 pandemic and the great progress made toward our mission. See progress made on our disaster resilience initiative, Toward a Resilient California, through our suite of Science Services including Expert Briefings, Studies and Publications, workshops and more. Meet the 2021 class of CCST Science & Technology Policy Fellows, placed in Legislative and Executive Branch offices. Learn more about the recipients of our 2021 CCST Science in Public Service Award, held during Science & Technology Week.

 

Emerging and disruptive technologies increasingly present threats and vulnerabilities for the government, defense, and private sectors that should be considered in resilience planning.

CCST CEO Amber Mace, PhD, and Senior Advisor Jun Bando, PhD, contribute to a national conversation about The Next 75 Years of Science Policy with an essay on the roles of states and boundary organizations in science policy innovation in Issues in Science & Technology.

Read the Article in Issues

Related Publications & Projects

August 1, 2022
California Policy Actions for Pandemic Preparation, Response, and Recovery
The title of the report over a blue background with the NIH illustration of the COVID-19 virus underneath and CCST logo at bottom in front of a white background
Read More
April 5, 2022
COVID-19 Workstream
Read More
March 31, 2022
2021 CCST Annual Report
Report cover with a view of an open road with mountains and the sun setting or rising over them with shades of sky
Read More
January 7, 2022
Linking Forest Health, Wildfire Smoke, and Public Health
Photo of the LA skyline in Dec 2020, hazy from the Bond and Silverado fires in Orange County by hay s Unsplash
Read More
April 28, 2021
California’s Federal Labs & Research Centers: 2021 Impact Report
Read More
April 21, 2021
CCST Partner Institutions in Action Against COVID-19
Cover with title and image of gloved hands stretching out a California state flag mask.
Read More
January 28, 2021
CCST Annual Report 2020
2020 Annual Report Cover, San Francisco orange from wildfire, Sept 2020
Read More
October 29, 2020
The Costs of Wildfire in California
Read More

 

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 2, 2023
REGISTER: Innovations in Desalination
A photo of the Charles E. Meyer Desalination Plant in Santa Barbara, California taken by Florence Low of the California Department of Water Resources
Read More
January 18, 2023
Register: CCST Science Day Symposium at the California Natural Resources Agency
Science Day logo featuring a globe like image with 4 different landscapes in it and the date of Science Day on a blue background.
Read More
September 28, 2022
WATCH: Cultivating Data Security Practices in Precision Agriculture
YouTube thumbnail with title on the briefing in blue and yellow lettering with photos of the panelists
Read More
September 21, 2022
California’s 5th Climate Change Assessment Roundtables
A slide listing the 5th Assessment roundtables with logos over a fading background image
Read More
August 31, 2022
Watch: Decarbonizing Transportation with Hydrogen
A graphic with title on the briefing in blue and yellow lettering with photos of the panelists
Read More
August 18, 2022
Call for Experts: Designing Privacy Standards to Enable Data Sharing during Public Health Emergencies
A banner with CCST's logo and "Seeking Expert Nominees" in white text on an orange background
Read More
August 1, 2022
Update (Call Closed): Exploring Alternative Venues for Services Delivery Such as CBOs During a Pandemic Cycle
A banner with CCST's logo and "Seeking Expert Nominees" in white text on an orange background
Read More
June 23, 2022
CCST Workshop Envisions a More Holistic and Inclusive Public Health System Informed by COVID-19 Response
Zoom screenshot of Amber Mace, Harvey Fineberg, and Rohan Radhakrishna on a white background with CCST logo
Read More
June 22, 2022
Call for Public Health Perspectives: Forest Health, Wildfire Smoke, and Public Health
Blue Forest and CCST's logos next to each other with an orange banner and white text saying "Seeking Health Perspectives"
Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 5
  • Next »
CCST Logo
CCST Eclipse
Contact Info

Office:
1100 11th Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Mailing:
1017 L St, #438
Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 492-0996

People
  • Board of Directors

  • Distinguished Experts

  • CCST S&T Policy Fellows

  • Staff

  • Partners

Our Mission

To engage leading experts in science and technology to advise State decision makers - ensuring that California policy is strengthened and informed by scientific knowledge, research, and innovation.

Projects
  • All Projects & Publications

  • SB 1281 - Assessment of Oil and Gas Water Cycle Reporting

  • SB 840 Biomethane Regulations

  • SB 826 Underground Natural Gas Storage

Web Search
Social Media Links
Facebook Icon
Twitter Icon
Linkedin Icon

Copyright © 2018 | CCST