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Policy Program studies and analysis expand the knowledge base on which societal decisions rest.
In 2023, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Policy Program began a study of the Weather Enterprise to assess how the Enterprise has changed over the past two decades as well as consider its potential future direction. This initial report documents the state of the Enterprise as of January 2025, identifying a set of key concerns and considerations for attention and investment.
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This special report offers recommendations for actions that need to be taken immediately to restore capabilities to protect life and property from weather risks and to allow the carefully balanced public–private partnership within the weather enterprise to continue to support economic growth.
This study provides an overview of key challenges and opportunities in communities across the United States and its associated territories at the intersection of weather, water, and climate (WWC) and equity, inclusion, and justice (EIJ).
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This study revisits and reimplements a 2006 survey of the general public of the United States to explore a range of issues related to the communication, use, understanding, and value of weather forecasts.
This AMS Policy Program study synthesizes input on opportunities and challenges in innovation and entrepreneurship within the geosciences.
This AMS Policy Program study explores the various ways in which global environmental change is driving the workforce, as well as how the enterprise as a whole might respond to these developments in order to most effectively advance WWC observations and science and benefit society.
In this study, we introduce and explore managed retreat as an adaptive strategy to climate hazards with the goal of identifying the policy options for enacting managed retreat and exploring these policies’ strengths and limitations.
The weather, water, and climate (WWC) enterprise provides science and services critical to the future of society. Here, we present a set of principles, actionable steps, and metrics to support and outline a shift towards a more inclusive, equitable, and just culture within and beyond the enterprise.
Understanding, accounting for, and communicating weather and climate variables is critical for the planning and optimization of the energy system. This American Meteorological Society (AMS) Policy Program study is the second of two pilot projects on the provision of actionable information for decision-making through the tailored and targeted assessment of weather and climate science.
Valuation is critical to decision making at all levels. The set of studies synthesized here can contribute to a common understanding how value can be enhanced and communicated within and outside of the weather, water, and climate enterprise.