Initiative Area

Policy Engagement

Delivering trusted, nonpartisan geoscience expertise to decision-makers.

Equipping leaders with credible Earth science context that supports stronger public decisions and more resilient communities.

Strategic emphasis

  • Briefings that connect current geoscience insight to active policy needs at all levels of government.
  • Policy-Maker Engagement through optimized resources for elected officials and staff to improve geoscience accessibility to the rapid decision environment of policy.
  • Geoscience Impacting Policy awareness to motivate and engage the geoscience enterprise on opportunities, threats, and advocacy.
  • Trusted Evidence that makes the geoscience community the first stop in policy processes interfacing with energy, minerals, water, and hazards.

What success looks like

A stronger geoscience enterprise that is actively engaged across sectors, contributes to a thriving society, and plays a proactive role in shaping policy rather than responding to it.