Operating as a climate extension service to Virginia municipalities and businesses, the Virginia Climate Center (VCC) partners with stakeholders to co-produce locally relevant data, products, and services. We aim to help municipalities and businesses adopt preventive and mitigation strategies to protect lives and property, enhance the standard of living, and promote wise resource management and sustainable entrepreneurship. Our large interdisciplinary team of Mason experts conduct research on Virginia’s vulnerability and risks to the impacts of climate change​ in order to provide local decision makers with actionable climate information.

The VCC is a two year, congressionally directed community project funded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Initially partnered with Northern Virginia municipalities, VCC is building a network of local governments and businesses throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia to collaborate on best practices and solutions.