Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application

Lead Agency: DOE

In reverse chronological order. 

10 July 2007.  Final report posted. See also Second Major U.S. Climate Change Science Program Report Issued, press release (dtd 10 July 2007) from the Department of Energy.

April 25, 2007: Draft reports pending final CCSP approval:

• Product 2.1a
• Procuct 2.1b
  

16 December 2006.  Product 2.1b: Consolidated public review comments on first draft of Part B (dtd 30 June 2006) along with the responses of the author team [PDF]

6 December 2006. Product 2.1a:  Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations [PDF].  Draft for CCSP Review (dated 6 December 2006).

21 November 2006. Product 2.1b:  Global-Change Scenarios Their Development and Use [PDF].  Draft for CCSP Review (dated 21 November 2006).

15 November 2006.  Meeting of Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee (CPDAC),  See Federal Register notice (published 31 October 2006). 

• Minutes [PDF]
• Agenda and available presentations
• Product 2.1a: Clarification of Stabilization Costs in November 13, 2006 Draft of the CCSP Product 2.1a Report.[PDF] Dated 15 November 2006.

13 November 2006.

• Product 2.1a: Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations [PDF]. CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1, Part A. CPDAC Draft V2 (dtd 13 Nov 2001).
• Product 2.1a: Addendum to November 13, 2006 Draft of the CCSP Product 2.1a Report. [PDF].  Dated 13 November 2006.

9 November 2006.  Database Scenarios Information.  [MS Excel file]

8 November 2006.  Product 2.1a: Public review comments on first draft of Part A (dtd 26 June 2006) along with the responses of the author team [PDF]

1 November 2006. 

• Product 2.1a: Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations, CPDAC Draft, 1 November 2006. [PDF]
• Product 2.1a: Memorandum (dated November 1, 2006) to the Members of the CCSP Product Development Advisory Committee from the authors the CCSP Product 2.1a report. [PDF]
• Product 2.1b: Responses to comments by Eric Holdsworth and William Fang, Edison Electric Institute, 1 November 2006. [PDF]
• Product 2.1b: Responses to comments from discussion in CPDAC meeting, August 18, 2006 (Note: Comments are excerpted from meeting minutes, as posted), 1 November 2006.  [PDF]
• Product 2.1b: Responses to comments from Michael MacCracken, Climate Institute, 14 August 2006, 1 November 2006. [PDF]

31 October 2006.  Product 2.1b: Draft of Product 2.1, Part B, for second CPDAC meeting, 1 November 2006. [PDF]

17-18 August 2006.  Meeting of Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee (CPDAC),  See Federal Register notice (published 31 July 2006) and meeting announcement .  See also:

• Minutes [PDF]
• Agenda and available presentations

12 August 2006.  Product 2.1a: Public review comments (received as of 10:00 am 11 July 2006) on first draft of Part A (dtd 26 June 2006) along with the responses of the author team [PDF]

11 August 2006.  Posted: 

• Product 2.1b: Peer-review comments on first draft of Part B (dtd 28 March 2006) along with the responses of the author team.

31 July 2006. Federal Register notice announces meeting of Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee (CPDAC), to be held on 17-18 August 2006. 

26 July 2006.  Product 2.1b: Draft of part B [PDF]

25 July 2006.  Posted:

• Product 2.1a: Draft of Part A [PDF] (dtd 25 July 2006)
• Product 2.1a: Peer review comments on first draft of part A along with the responses of the author team. [PDF]

30 June 2006: Product 2.1b: Public review draft (Part B)  released along with invitation for public review and comment.  Comments on the Part B draft report will be accepted through August 14, 2006. See also the Federal Register notice published on 21 June (note that the Federal Register incorrectly closes the review period on 7 August).[Review period has ended; comments no longer are accepted]

26 June 2006:  Product 2.1a: Public review draft (Part A only)  released along with invitation for public review and comment.  Comments on the Part A draft report will be accepted through August 10, 2006. See also the Federal Register notice published on 21 June (note that the Federal Register incorrectly closes the review period on 7 August). [Review period has ended; comments no longer are accepted]

28 March 2006.  Product 2.1b: First draft of Part B [PDF].  Submitted for peer review as per Step 9 of Synthesis and Assessment Guidelines.   See also the subsequently posted (on 11 Aug 2006) peer-review comments along with the responses of the author team.

14 December 2005.  Final prospectus and comments on draft prospectus.

28 June 2005.  Peer Review Plan. [MS Word]  Document from the Department of Energy.

2 February 2005: Draft prospectus released along with invitation for public review and comment.

Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee (CPDAC) The Climate Change Science Program Product Development Advisory Committee is drafting Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 at the request of the Department of Energy in accordance with the interagency Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Guidelines for Producing the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products.  The CPDAC will agree upon the contents of the products before advising the Department of Energy (DOE) to adopt the language.   The DOE Office of Science will comply with the OMB Peer Review Bulletin [PDF] for peer review of the CPDAC products. The peer review plan for the report [MS Word] is online. Implications of the Information Quality Act and OMB Peer Review Bulletin on the Synthesis and Assessment Reports may be found at S&A Products_IQA_Guidelines [PDF] . The Designated Federal Officer is Dr. Anjuli Bamzai of the Climate Change Research Division, Office of Biological and Environmental Research. Membership [PDF] Biographies [PDF] Charter [PDF] CPDAC Reports Minutes / Presentations