is a historic, federal government-wide investment that furthers NOAA’s efforts to build a Climate-Ready Nation. The IRA will provide nearly $3.3 billion to NOAA over five years. These funds will help Americans prepare for and build resilience to extreme weather and climate changes; improve supercomputing capacity and research on weather, oceans, and climate; and upgrade NOAA facilities and aircraft.
NESDIS is contributing to NOAA’s IRA-funded efforts to accelerate advances in climate research, improve modeling of changes in weather and climate, and share critical information with the public. Under IRA, NESDIS will receive $80.5M in two major focus areas: $74.1M for industry proving grounds and $6.4M for data initiatives.will provide customized climate information to help industry sectors protect lives and livelihoods. NESDIS project goals include:Improving industry access to authoritative climate informationInnovating new strategies for industry collaborationwill foster regional collaboration to assist state and local leaders with practical solutions to climate problems.