NOAA’s upcoming science seminar The Path to Justice40: Indicators and Metrics for Assessing and Engaging Frontline Communities takes place Thursday, July 25 from 2:00 – 2:30 pm. You may participate by phone or video.
The purpose of the research is to learn about how specific NOAA teams make community engagement decisions, focusing on marginalized communities. While the research was not driven by Justice40, the findings will benefit the federal initiative.
The research may also benefit localities in their outreach and engagement work.
What is Justice40?
For the first time in our nation’s history, the Federal government has made it a goal that 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain Federal climate, clean energy, affordable and sustainable housing, and other investments flow to disadvantaged communities that are marginalized by underinvestment and overburdened by pollution. President Biden made this historic commitment when he signed Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad within days of taking office. To continue delivering on his environmental justice vision, President Biden signed Executive Order 14096 on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All in April 2023. (Source)
Learn more from the fact sheet.