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Ongoing Activities---Sustainability at the National Academies

Sustainability---The Issue

• Certification of Sustainable Products and Services: A Workshop
  
• Expanding Biofuel Production - Sustainability and the Transition to Advanced Biofuels - Lessons from the Upper Midwest for Sustainability
  
• The National Academies' Second Sustainability R&D Forum, Transitioning to Sustainability: The Challenge of Developing Sustainable Urban Systems
  
• The Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability
  
• Partnerships for Sustainability
  

People and Their Communities

• Achieving Sustainable Global Capacity for Surveillance and Response to Emerging Diseases of Zoonotic Origin
  
• Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change through the Behavioral and Social Sciences
  
• Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
• Human Dimensions of Global Change
  
• Preventing the Global Epidemic of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD): Meeting the Challenges in Developing Countries
  
• Private-Public Sector Collaboration to Enhance Community Disaster Resilience
  
• Public Health Decision-Making under Uncertainty
  
• Ranking FDA Product Categories Based on Health Consequences
  
• Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
  
• Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
  
• The Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health
  
• The U.S. Commitment to Global Health
  
• Toward Sustainable Critical Infrastructure Systems -- Framing the Challenges: A Workshop
  
• Underground Geoengineering for Sustainable Development
  

Life Support Systems: Atmosphere, Water, and Food

• America's Climate Choices
  
• Assessment of Water Reuse as an Approach for Meeting Future Water Supply Needs
  
• Clean Water Act Implementation across the Mississippi River Basin
  
• Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune
  
• Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
  
• Evaluation of Chesapeake Bay Program Implementation for Nutrient Reduction to Improve Water Quality
  
• Management and Effects of Coalbed Methane Development and Produced Water in the Western United States
  
• Methods for Estimating Greenhouse Gas Emissions (to support monitoring international commitments on climate change)
  
• Nutrient Requirements of Fish and Shrimp
  
• Preparing for the Third Decade (Cycle 3) of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
  
• Review of the Food and Drug Administration's Role in Ensuring Safe Food
  
• Review of the Methodology Proposed by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for Follow-Up Surveillance of In-Commerce Businesses
  
• Review of the St. Johns River Water Supply Impact Study
  
• Review of Water and Environmental Research Systems (WATERS) Network
  
• Stabilization Targets for Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Concentrations
  
• Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support
  
• The Significance of International Transport of Air Pollutants
  
• Water Resources Activities at the U.S. Geological Survey
  

Economy and Industry

• Chemical Sciences Roundtable
  
• Competitiveness and Workforce Needs of U.S. Industry
  
• Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences in the Next Decade
  
• Strategic Planning for the Florida Citrus Industry: Citrus Greening and the Future
  
• The Impact of Biotechnology on Farm Economics and Sustainability
  
• 21st Century Systems Agriculture
  

Natural Systems

• Best Practices for Shellfish Mariculture and the Effects of Commercial Activities in Drake's Estero, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, California
  
• Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: A Symposium
  
• Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes
  
• Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment
  
• Missouri River Recovery and Associated Sediment Management Issues
  
• Review of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (LACPR) Program
  
• Review of Sea Turtle Population Assessment Methods
  
• Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness
  
• The Importance of Deep-Time Geologic Records for Understanding Climate Change Impacts
  

Institutions and Indicators

• Assessment of Intraseasonal to Interannual Climate Prediction and Predictability
  
• Developing Metrics for Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Research: A Study
  
• Evaluation of the Safety and Environmental Metrics for Potential Application at Chemical Agent Disposal Facilities
  
• Improving Principles and Guidelines for Water Resources Planning by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  
• Indicators for Understanding Global Climate Change
  
• Review of EPA's Title 42 Hiring Authority for Highly Qualified Scientists and Engineers
  
• Spatial Data Enabling USGS Strategic Science in the 21st Century
  

Sustainability Research and Development

• A New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring that the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution
  
• Assessment of the Department of Energy's Methane Hydrate Research and Development Program: Evaluating Methane Hydrates as a Future Energy Resource
  
• Challenges and Opportunities in Earth Surface Processes
  
• Design Issues for the NOAA Sector Applications Research Program
  
• Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability
  
• Grand Challenges for Engineering
  
• National Earthquake Resilience - Research, Implementation, and Outreach
  
• Progress and Priorities of US Weather Research and Research-to-Operations Activities
  
• Review of Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies
  
• An Ocean Infrastructure Strategy for U.S. Ocean Research in 2030
  
• Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products
  
• The Earth System Context for Hominin Evolution
  
• Transit Research and Development: Federal Role in the National Program
  
• Waste Form Technology and Performance
  

Sustainable Energy

• Alaska's Oil and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure: Risk Assessment Peer Review
  
• America's Energy Future: Technology Opportunities, Risks, and Tradeoffs
  
• Assessment of Fuel Economy Technologies for Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles
  
• Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy
  
• Climate, Energy, and National Security
  
• Energy Efficiency Standards: Alternative Approaches to Measurement
  
• Evaluation of Future Strategic and Energy Efficient Alternatives for the Delivery of Utility Services to the U.S. Capitol Complex: A Workshop
  
• Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption
  
• Potential Energy Savings and Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Transportation
  
• Relationships among Development Patterns, Vehicle Miles Traveled, and Energy Consumption
  
• Review of the FreedomCAR and Fuel Research and Development Partnership, Phase 3
  
• Review of U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Study and Implementation of Changes to the Section 4(f) Process
  
• Transitions to Sustainable Energy
  
• Transportation Research Programs to address Energy and Climate Change
  
• US-China Cooperation on Electricity from Renewables
  

Other Activities

• Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program
  
• PNAS Sustainability Science, Special Features