Breaking Down the Proposed New NOAA Budget | Capitol Beach

July 9, 2021

NOAA's budget gets a big bump

On The Capitol Beach, Derek Brockbank discusses the Administration’s proposed FY22 budget for NOAA, with Kim Texeira, Division Chief of Policy, Planning, and Communications with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. With a proposed increase of $1.5 Billion over FY21, NOAA’s budget has significant increases for many different programs, but perhaps none more so than for coastal resilience programs. Kim and Derek explain how the budget process works and take a deeper dive into how the current budget proposal reflects the administration’s priorities, such as new funding for “Advancing Racial Equity through… Coastal Resilience,” as well as reflects ongoing need for an agency on the frontlines of major climate impacts. The FY22 NOAA budget is a generational opportunity for increased funding for an agency working to address existential threats.

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Derek Brockbank

Derek Brockbank is Executive Director of Coastal States Organization (CSO), which represents the nation’s Coastal States, Territories, and Commonwealths on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes issues. With two decades of experience in Washington DC on coastal adaptation policy and organizational development, Derek is connecting state coastal management programs with federal agencies and resources in order to address the greatest coastal challenges facing society. He previously served as executive director for the American Shore & Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) where he led the strategic planning and outreach, government affairs, and development goals of the nation’s leading organization advocating for beach and coastal restoration. Prior to starting with ASBPA, Derek worked as campaign director for a coalition effort to restore the Mississippi River Delta and Coastal Louisiana, and was part of a gulf-wide campaign to pass the RESTORE Act, securing billions of dollars for Gulf Coast restoration. This followed up on his work with National Wildlife Federation on climate adaption. Derek grew up in New York City and got his coastal education from an early age playing on the beaches of Long Island, and kayaking and fishing in Peconic Bay.