Team & Partners

Primary responsibility for PIRCA is shared by:

• Pacific RISA, funded by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and supported through the East-West Center
• NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) and National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
• Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC), funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)

PIRCA Advisory Committee 2020-2021

Keith Bettinger, DT Global

Kristie Ebi, University of Washington Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Yimnang Golbuu, Palau International Coral Reef Center

Jamie Gove, NOAA Fisheries

Mari-Vaughn V. Johnson, PI-CASC

Heather Kekering, PI-CASC

William Kostka, Micronesia Conservation Trust

Darren T. Lerner, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant College Program

Ambassador Karena Lyons, New Zealand

John J. Marra, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Dan Polhemus, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessment, Hawai‘i and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands Regional Author Team

Coordinating Lead Author

David Helweg
Former Director, DOI Pacific Islands Climate Science Center

Regional Chapter Lead

Victoria Keener
Principal Investigator, Pacific RISA
Research Professor, Arizona State University, and Fellow, East-West Center

Chapter Authors