A committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will analyze how environmental health and geospatial data and environmental screening tools can inform the Council on Environmental Quality’s vision by conducting a data assessment to assist CEQ in considering the disparities it has prioritized. This assessment will build on the following tasks:

1. Scan of existing screening tools for types of data and approaches used to identify disadvantaged communities and their potential to benefit from investment (e.g., CEQ-funded Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool, Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Justice Screen, tools and approaches reviewed in Luskin, 2021)

2. Identification of the types of data (e.g., environmental, socioeconomic, energy, transportation) needed for CEQ’s screening tool(s)

3. Evaluation of current data availability, quality, and spatial and temporal resolutions, as well as key data gaps

4. Discussion of approaches to process, integrate, and analyze these data (e.g., weighting, consideration of additive effects)

The committee will provide recommendations to be incorporated in an overall data strategy for CEQ’s tool(s).