S2S: Strategy, solutions and science for the toughest climate challenges

Maximize return for the environment and minimize risk with comprehensive, multi-domain due diligence for CDR and natural climate solutions. Develop resilience through adaptation. Understand how warming, shifting ocean currents and sea ice retreat will affect national security equities in the Arctic and Antarctic. Model climate-related risks.

A focus on actionable solutions

Trusted leaders and strategic advisors — combining deep scientific expertise with decades of real-world experience in marine logistics, polar military operations, international climate diplomacy and management of projects focused on both carbon removal and adaptation. Globally sought-after authorities on the scientific and ethical dimensions of carbon dioxide removal and natural climate solutions. Extensive training in oceanography and climate science at MIT, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Yale and the University of Washington. Two decades of marine operations experience in both civilian and military service. Proven results under pressure on dozens of natural disasters and human-caused emergencies, including experience as a nationally certified, Type 1 Incident Commander. Teachers, listeners and research scientists.

As we face a shared future full of urgent environmental challenges, engage with S2S to help your organization, company or agency discover and leverage carbon dioxide removal technologies, be more resilient, evaluate your climate-related risk exposure, and adapt to a changing climate.

Deploying oceanographic equipment from the R/V Knorr Planning using the Incident Command System

What we bring to the table

A "bottom line up front" senior executive's approach to provide clients with what they need to know, when they need to know it — distilling and synthesizing complex scientific and operational insights into specific, actionable, timely recommendations,

A deep understanding of complex, global biogeochemical systems from the smallest scales in individual living cells to the massive cycles of carbon and other elements that define the Earth's ocean and climate system,

An inside perspective on the ever-changing environment, climate and national security policy landscapes,

The grounded wisdom of scientific expertise tempered by real-world operational experience that includes decades of professional practice in international diplomacy, oceanographic research, maritime operations, disaster response and U.S. military service,

A deep, cross-sectoral network of subcontract experts including internationally recognized leaders in dozens of areas of science, senior military and government executives including ambassadors, former members of Congress and four-star military officers, Fortune 500 CEOs, successful climate tech founders, and

A dedication to advancing a broad definition of equity and inclusion that includes military service and socioeconomic diversity