CASC Network Timeline

Timeline showing the history of the CASC Network. Events listed:

• 2008: Initial funding appropriated to establish a national climate science center
• 2009: Secretarial Order 3289 is signed, expanding the mandate of NCCWSC and the Climate Science Centers
• 2010: The Alaska, Southeast, and Northwest CSCs are established
• 2011: The North Central and Southwest CSCs are established
• 2012: The Northeast, South Central, and Pacific Islands CSCs are established
• 2014: The CSCs begin a collaboration with the BIA to place Tribal Resilience Liaisons with each center
• 2018: The CSCs are renamed “Climate Adaptation Science Centers”
• 2020: Congress establishes Midwest Center
• 2022: The House introduces and holds a hearing on the CASC Act