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The tabletop exercise convened participants from the Department of Defense, federal agencies, Congress, think tanks, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to generate solutions in support of DON\u2019s comprehensive climate strategy, \u201cClimate Action 2030<\/a>,\u201d and broader sustainability goals. Under a recently realized academic partnership, NPS and the Doerr School will pursue identified solution sets in order to provide concrete actions and outcomes to advance the DON\u2019s climate priorities and sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor the Department of the Navy, climate readiness is mission readiness: it makes us better warfighters,\u201d said Meredith Berger, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment (EI&E) and the Navy\u2019s Chief Sustainment Officer. \u201cOur installations \u2013 whether at home or abroad \u2013 are where warfighting begins, our power projection platforms. We exercised elements and generated actions that ensure that these platforms are survivable and that the coastal communities that we call home are just as resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the two-day event, participants concentrated on three focus areas \u2013 water security, energy security, and coastal resilience \u2013 and briefed their results to a group of senior leaders including Berger, NPS President retired Vice Adm. Ann Rondeau, and Dr. Arun Majumdar, dean of the Doerr School of Sustainability.<\/p>\n

The six exercise teams \u2013 two for each focus area \u2013 worked to identify problem statements, challenges, and specific solutions. A common outcome among all team members was a deeper resolve, commitment to action and further collaboration.<\/p>\n

Each team also spoke to the need to lowering barriers to establish and strengthen partnerships between DOD, industry, academia and civic leaders to leverage the combined talents and resources towards a shared goal of protecting our communities and people. The senior evaluation group committed to supporting these efforts and the applied research necessary to inform purposeful solution development with new incentives to stimulate investments.<\/p>\n

Additionally, 90 days from the conclusion of the exercise, NPS will coordinate a plan of action and milestones across participant stakeholders on how to accomplish the following solutions identified during the exercise:<\/p>\n