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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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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CCST Annual Report 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.
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)…
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.
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
CCST Hosts Resilience Workshop Exploring California’s COVID-19 Policy Challenges
On February 18th, as part of CCST’s disaster resilience initiative, “Toward a Resilient California,” CCST…
CCST Annual Report 2020: Toward a Resilient California
Download our 2020 Annual Report (PDF). Message from the CCST Board Chair As I…
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…
Update: Watch the Virtual CCST Expert Briefing on Blue Carbon Sequestration
Update 12/10: The briefing is now available to watch. Download the CCST One Pager. Held in partnership…
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…
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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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.
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