Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently signed an order to establish a coordinated strategy within the United States Department of the Interior to improve response to climate change. During the press conference announcing the order, DOI staff used ESRI geographic information system technology to demonstrate the current and future impacts of global climate change.
To better manage these and many other environmental impacts, Secretary Salazar’s order includes establishing a Climate Change Response Council and Regional Climate Change Response Centers, creating a network of Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, overseeing the DOI Carbon Storage Project, and lowering the department’s carbon footprint.
DOI will continue to leverage its investment in GIS technology for complex data analysis, data sharing, and collaboration with government agencies to address the vast nature of climate change challenges.
