About Us

COG is the one place in metropolitan Washington that regularly brings leaders together to develop solutions to the region's major challenges. COG prepares plans enabling the region to receive federal funding, provides members with research and data to inform decision-making, and offers a wide range of programs, including commuter services, cooperative purchasing, technical assistance and grants, and public outreach campaigns.

Transportation

Through the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB), area officials, planners, and engineers ensure a well-managed and maintained transportation system. The TPB, which is staffed by COG, conducts the federally mandated transportation planning process for the region and ensures the uninterrupted flow of federal transportation funds that area jurisdictions receive.

Environment

COG's work engages leaders in various environmental fields from water quality experts to climate scientists. Together, they are advancing regional efforts to restore local waterways, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change, promote recycling, and enhance and preserve green space and agriculture.

Community

Area officials and experts, including planning and housing directors and child welfare and health officials, work together with their counterparts at COG to help shape stronger communities throughout the region.

Homeland Security & Public Safety

COG brings police chiefs, fire chiefs, emergency managers, and other leaders together as part of its work to strengthen regional public safety coordination, homeland security planning, and emergency communication.

Climate Resilience Network

May 21, 2012: Climate Impacts Symposium

March 15th: Draft Guidebook Presentation

September 2011: Sector Stakeholder Meeting

March 3, 2011: NOAA Roadmap for Adapting to Coastal Risk Training

Webinar and Workshop Materials

SERIES 1: BUILT SYSTEMS (September –December, 2013)

SERIES 2: WORKFORCE, COMMUNITIES, & NATURAL SYSTEMS (February – April, 2014)

Featured Documents

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Other Documents

NASA Washington Metro Area Climate Information Handout

Based upon regional climate change projections generated by NASA climate scientists, many agencies identified severe events including heavy precipitation, heat waves and sea level rise combined with storm surge as top climate-related threats.
Publications

Building a Climate Resilient National Capital Region
Sep 24, 2014

From fall, 2013 to spring, 2014, NCPC, GSA, NASA, MWCOG, US Global Change Research Program, and the Smithsonian Institution sponsored two series of webinars and workshops to assist with climate adaptation planning and improve regional coordination. This report describes the project outcomes.
Publications

Summary of Potential Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies
Jul 1, 2013

A synopsis of lessons learned from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ climate adaptation planning initiatives from 2010 – 2012

Climate Resilience Network

Featured Documents

NASA Washington Metro Area Climate Information Handout

Building a Climate Resilient National Capital Region

Summary of Potential Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies