State Climate Office of North Carolina Email Format
Environmental ServicesNorth Carolina, United States2-10 Employees
The State Climate Office of North Carolina (SCO) operates as a Public Service Center focused on defining, predicting, and disseminating information about the climatic and environmental factors that affect people in North Carolina. It emphasizes extension activities that collect and share climate data for the state, with research conducted in collaboration with faculty from partnering institutes to strengthen its outreach. The office aims to improve socio-economic conditions through environmental stewardship and by describing, monitoring, and interpreting climate and climate-change impacts for policy-relevant insight. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, SCO is part of the environmental services sector and supports public information needs through its climate data and analysis. It provides climate information and analysis to support decision-making and policy discussions, with its activities coordinated through its online presence at climate.ncsu.edu.