Posts in: Convening for Solutions

Across the US, communities are increasingly grappling with impacts of wildfire — from growing pressure on water systems and instability in insurance markets to serious health risks from smoke exposure. State legislators are uniquely positioned to respond to these escalating challenges. Unlike federal agencies, states have direct authority over key areas relate...

The ocean is like a giant sponge, quietly absorbing and storing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. If we could make that sponge even more absorbent — through coastal restoration projects, innovative technologies, or other interventions — we could capture and store more carbon, helping slow climate change and reduce its impacts. That’s the promise of marine c...

At 2024 North American Convention for Conservation Biology, COMPASS brought a panel of journalists and science communicators to motivate attendees to tell their stories in a way that brings people to a place of hope and action....

At this year's Capitol Hill Ocean Week, we brought together experts from different fields for a nuance discussion on what it will take for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies to become equitable climate interventions. The panelists talked about the need for multidisciplinary perspectives and local partnership; justice concerns that should guide the ...

We are seeing the implications of a changing climate more everyday, and the ocean plays a critical role. Recent studies and research including Restore America’s Estuaries recently published Blue Carbon National Action Plan have identified the potential of the ocean as not a “victim” of climate change, but a source of solutions  to help close gaps in strategi...

COMPASS's Regional Engagement Fellow, Victoria Moreno, shares her experience working on the Oregon Marine Reserves workshop series. Tell us about the Oregon Marine Reserves and COMPASS’s workshop series surrounding the reserve process. From 2008 to 2016, Oregon designed and implemented five marine reserves throughout the state’s coast to protect marine ha...