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Earth Systems Science: Key Themes, Trends, and Emerging Concerns

Our Earth system is facing a multitude of challenges across a variety of threat vectors. Identifying, characterizing, quantifying, and addressing these risks remains difficult. Threats like climate change pose existential risks but are not well understood from an integrated systems and safety and security perspective. This paper will cover a few themes that should drive our thinking and research agenda on resilience, disaster preparedness, and climate change and be factored into our calculus going forward.

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Emergency Management

This is the primary landing page for activities S&T is conducting to support emergency management. 

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Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Rule to Increase Resilience Against Flooding Nationwide

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) published a Final Rule to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard (FFRMS). The standard is a flexible framework to increase resilience against flooding and help protect communities.

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Resilience Hubs Support Communities Across the U.S.

The Department of Homeland Security prioritizes its need to address climate change, and bolster and enhance community mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to safeguard the homeland from threats. 

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DHS Announces First Winners Awards for Clean Power for Hours Challenge

DHS announced the five winners of the Clean Power for Hours Challenge, awarding a total of $835,000 to recipients for their innovative clean energy solutions to keep essential services functioning during power outages.

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DHS Announces First Winners, Awards $835,000 “Clean Power for Hours Challenge” in Celebration of Earth Day 2024

As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the five winners of the Clean Power for Hours Challenge. 

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DHS Celebrates Earth Day

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is celebrating the 54th anniversary of Earth Day alongside its federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal partners.

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Open Geospatial Consortium Strategic Partnership Fact Sheet

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will, as a member, build a strategic partnership with the Open Geospatial Consortium, allowing DHS to gain insight into innovative global climate change adaption and resilience research. This knowledge helps better inform DHS climate research and development initiatives.

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Social Equity Fact Sheet

One of the most enduring findings in disaster and climate change research is that socially marginalized communities are disproportionally more at risk from environmental hazards, and thus, less likely to recover fully and quickly. A community plan aimed at resilience could allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other agencies to pro-actively identify support for mitigation based on community needs, with equity as its foundation.

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Ammonia Port Preparedness and Emergency Response Fact Sheet

AmPPER will enable the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to provide critical information on ammonia storage and its potential impact on ports and surrounding communities. Through data-driven mitigation and resilience recommendations, we empower the U.S. Coast Guard, FEMA, and emergency response communities to enhance preparedness.