Working Towards Climate Equity: the Case for a Federal Climate Service

Opening Statement

Chairwoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Environment

Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses

Dr. Richard Moss, Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute at the University of Maryland, Chair, Convening Board, SCAN, and Non-resident Fellow, Andlinger Center, Princeton University [Truth in Testimony]

Ms. Beth Gibbons, Executive Director, American Society of Adaptation Professionals [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Jeffrey B. Basara, Director, Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station, Executive Associate Director, Hydrology and Water Security Program, University of Oklahoma [Truth in Testimony]

Ms. Liz Williams Russell, Climate Justice Program Director, Foundation for Louisiana [Truth in Testimony]