Best practice approaches for characterizing, communicating, and incorporating scientific uncertainty in decisionmaking

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Status & Details

Estimated publication date for final report: 9/2008 

ScheduleNote: This schedule lists in chronological order the public postings related to this report. We provide exact dates for past postings; and our best estimate for the next posting (highlighted in red). Dates for subsequent releases (i.e. beyond the next posting) are left blank.
Start of 30-day Public Review of Draft Prospectus	5/12/2006
Final Prospectus Posting	10/30/2006
Start of 45-day Public Review of Draft Report	4/23/2008
Third Draft Report Posting	7/2008 (est)
Final Report Posting
NEXT Step >>	Third Draft Report Posting 7/2008 (est)
*** est scheduled dates, subject to revision

In reverse chronological order. 

See also: Web site of the National Academies' Review of the CCSP's Draft Report "Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Decision Making"

23 April 2008. Public review draft of report is posted. Comments will be accepted from 23 April through 9 June 2008. See also invitation to comment and Federal Register notice (both dated 23 April 2008). (link posted 23 April 2008)

February 2007.  Review of the U.S. Climate Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, "Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating, and Incorporating Scientific Uncertainty in Climate Decision Making."  Report (dtd 2007) from the National Research Council. (link posted 2 March 2007)

7 December 2006.  Comments on draft prospectus are posted.

5-7 December 2006.  Meeting of the National Research Council committee reviewing the draft S&A Product 5.2 report.  See the NRC's committee Web site for the agenda and other details.

30 October 2006.  Final prospectus released.

16 June 2006.  Peer Review Plan. Document from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

12 June 2006: Draft prospectus released along with invitation for public review and comment.