• Skip to main content
CCST Logo
MENU
  • About
    • About CCST
    • 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
    • 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

May 23, 2023
CCST Annual Report 2022
Front cover of the 2022 Annual Report featuring an aerial view of the California State Capitol.
Read More
May 15, 2023
Designing Operable Privacy Standards for Data Sharing during Public Health Emergencies: Workshop Proceedings
The title of the report over a green background with the CDC illustration of the COVID-19 virus underneath and CCST logo at bottom in front of a white background
Read More
May 15, 2023
Reimagining a 21st Century Public Health System: Workshop Proceedings
The title of the report over a green background with the CDC illustration of the COVID-19 virus underneath and CCST logo at bottom in front of a white background
Read More
April 13, 2023
California’s Federal Labs & Research Centers: 2023 Impact Report
The cover of the 2023 federal labs impact report featuring photos from each lab and their logos
Read More
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
Pandemic Action Plan
A colorful illustration of COVID-19 by CDC with Pandemic Action Plan in blue and red stylized text.
Read More
March 31, 2022
CCST Annual Report 2021
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
  • 1
  • 2
  • Next »

 

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

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
(Update: Closed) 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
May 12, 2022
WATCH: Decarbonizing with Hydrogen: Challenges and Opportunities
A Zoom panel of 6 people with a question in the lower third in white text over a blue background
Read More
April 22, 2022
Watch: Managing Salinity in the California Delta in a Changing Climate
Zoom screenshot of the four panelists with a question in the lower third
Read More
April 6, 2022
Call for Experts: Unresolved Questions About California’s Energy Future
A banner with CCST's logo and "Seeking Expert Nominees" in white text on an orange background
Read More
March 10, 2022
CALL CLOSED: CCST Seeks Expert Participants for Workshop on “Reimagining a 21st Century Public Health System”
CCST logo on white background and "Join us for a CCST Workshop" on a blue background
Read More
February 15, 2022
Watch: Science Policy for a More Resilient California: CCST Sessions at the 2022 AAAS Annual Meeting
AAAS graphic with headline Empower with Evidence hashtag A A A S m t g. Illustration shows various scientific motifs encircled by the outline of a cell wall or virus casing with protein spikes.
Read More
  • « Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 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