NOAA's Climate and Societal Interactions (CSI) Program supports international as well as domestic activities. CPO’s current investments are shaped by, and grounded in the Program’s 20-year history of catalyzing and sponsoring international climate-related decision support research and capacity building activities. Many of these have been tightly linked to multilateral and bilateral processes and frameworks. Examples of activities supported via this effort over the last 20 years include the development of Regional Climate Outlook Forums; pilot applications research, training and capacity building projects; interdisciplinary competitive research grants focused on impacts and vulnerability; and long-term institutional investment in the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). The recently established International Research and Applications Project (IRAP) represents the next phase of NOAA’s focused efforts to link climate information and knowledge with risk management, adaptation and development.
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