Ocean Climate Initiative

The Ocean Climate Initiative, spearheaded by Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and run out of the Ocean Climate Center, addresses climate change impacts along the North-central California coast and ocean environment through fostering awareness, advocating solutions, and promoting action amongst government agencies, public organizations, private corporations, and individuals to build ecosystem resilience and sustainability.

The Ocean Climate Initiative, along with partners PRBO Conservation Science, U.S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, and NOAA Coastal Services Center, coordinates the project, Our Coast–Our Future: Planning for Sea Level Rise and Storm Hazards Along the Bay Area’s Outer Coast. To date, the Initiative has also held two Ocean Climate Summits for Bay Area coastal managers, educators, and researchers, developed the report Climate Change Impacts: Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries through a joint Advisory Council Working Group, is drafting the Ocean Climate Initiative Action Plan to guide future sanctuary actions in the areas of Conservation Science; Education and Outreach; Adaptive Management and Policy; and Green Operations, and is a founding member of the Bay Area Ecosystems Climate Change Consortium (BAECCC), working to identify and address climate change impacts to our region’s ecosystems by using targeted science to inform management for long-term ecological and economic benefits.