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.