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2005

Synthesis and Assessment Product 2.1 (Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application):

Invitation to Comment on Synthesis and Assessment Draft Prospectuses.  Invitation (from from James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program) to comment on the following draft prospectuses (posted 14 December 2005)

  • Product 1.3 (Re-analyses of historical climate data for key atmospheric features. Implications for attribution of causes of observed change) [Review period now closed]
  • Product 4.1 (Coastal elevation and sensitivity to sea level rise)[Review period now closed]
  • Product 5.1 (Uses and limitations of observations, data, forecasts, and other projections in decision support for selected sectors and regions). [Review period now closed]
  • Product 5.3. Decision support experiments and evaluations using seasonal to interannual forecasts and observational data. [Review period now closed]

These drafts describe the proposed focus of each product and the process that will be used to prepare it. Expert and public comments are requested to ensure that each product meets the highest scientific standards, that the information provided is relevant, and that the preparation process is open and perceived to be fair. See also Federal Register notice dated 14 December 2005.  Open for review and comment through 30 January 2006. [Review period now closed]

CCSP Workshop on Climate Science in Support of Decision Making (held Nov 2005) .   Latest additions include: (updated 13 Dec 2005):

Public Review Draft of Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1: "Temperature trends in the lower atmosphere – steps for understanding and reconciling differences."  Open for comment until COB 4 January 2006.  See invitation to comment and instructions. (posted 17 November 2005)

Cover of Our Changing Planet FY2006; and link to report.Our Changing Planet.  The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2006.  A report  (released and posted on 9 November 2005) by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. A Supplement to the President’s Fiscal Year 2006 Budget.  See also U.S. Climate Change Science Program Releases Our Changing Planet:The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2006, press release (dated and posted 10 November 2005) from the CCSP.   The hardcopy version of the report is available free of charge from the GCRIO Online Catalog

CCSP Workshop
Climate Science in Support
of Decision Making

14-16 November 2005
Arlington, Virginia

Workshop Home Page

List of Participants.  (updated 12 Dec 2005)

Abstracts.  Includes links to most posters and to many presentations (updated 6 December 2005)

Posters (updated 6 December 2005)

Presentations (updated 6 December 2005)

Agenda.  Now includes access to most presentations as MS Powerpoint and Adobe PDF files (updated 6 December 2005).

Workshop Update (dtd 27 June 2005)

Climate Change Science Program to host public workshop.  Program focuses on climate science in support of policy decisions.  Press release (dated 28 April 2005) from CCSP. (posted 28 April 2005)

Announcement, Invitation, and Call for Contributed Presentations.  Dated 27 April 2005.

Intergovernemental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group (WG) I First Order Draft Review.  The First Order Draft of the WG I report is available for expert review from 12 September to 4 November 2005. If you would like to review this draft and have not already provided IPCC Working Group I with your contact details please register. [Update: Registration CLOSED on 21 Oct. 2005.  Reviews are due Friday, 4 Nov. 2005.]

Intergovernemental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II First Order Draft Review.  The First Order draft of the WG II report is available for expert review from 12 September to 4 November 2005. If you would like to review this draft and have not already provided your contact details to IPCC Working Group II, please inform the Technical Support Unit at ipcc-wg2@metoffice.gov.uk.

Start of Government/Expert Review of 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.  Letter (dtd 12 September 2005) to expert reviewers from Thelma Krug and Taka Hiraishi (Co-Chairs, Task Force Bureau, National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC]).  The letter invites reviewers to contribute to the Expert Review of the Second Order Draft of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (2006 Guidelines). The review started on 12
September 2005 and lasts for eight weeks until 7 November. (posted 4 October 2005)

Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science ProgramThinking Strategically:  The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program.  Report (dtd 2005) from the National Research Council.  (link posted 26 September 2005).

Climate Change: Federal Reports on Climate Change Funding Should Be Clearer and More Complete.  Report (dtd August 2005) from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).  (link posted 26 September 2005)

Stakeholders Workshop, on Synthesis & Assessment Product 4.5 (Effects of Global Change on Energy Production and Use).  Participants will discuss the scope of the product.  The workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, 27 September 2005 in North Bethesda, Maryland.  See announcement and agenda. (posted 23 September 2005)

Vacancy Announcement.  Climate Change Specialist.  Head of IPCC AR4 Synthesis Report Technical Support Unit [PDF].   Announcement (dtd 14 September 2005) from the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.  Application deadline: 15 October 2005. [Note: Application period now closed] (link posted 22 Sept 2005)

Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) Product Development Committee (CPDC) for Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1.  Notice published in the Federal Register (9 Sep 2005), announcing formation of the CPDC and inviting comments.  The committee "will consist of no more than 30 members to be appointed by the Under Secretary to assure a balanced representation among preeminent scientists, educators, and experts reflecting the full scope of the scientific issues addressed in CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product 1.1. The CPDC-S&A 1.1 will function solely as an advisory body, and in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act. Its charter will be filed under the Act, 15 days from the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register. "

Updated Schedule and Scope of the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products.  Letter from Jim Mahoney (Director, CCSP) to Senator Jim DeMint (Republican, South Carolina). (link posted 20 July 2005)

Testimony of Jim Mahoney (Director, CCSP), at Hearing on Global Climate Change Policy and Budget Review.   Hearing before the U.S. Congress, Senate, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, Subcommittee on Global Climate Change and Impacts, 20 July 2005, Washington, DC.  (link posted 20 July 2005).

Director of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Announces Retirement Plans.  Press release (dtd 19 July 2005) from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  (link posted 19 July 2005)

National Research Council (NRC) Seeks Nominations for Oversight Committee.  The NRC is establishing a committee to oversee the Climate Change Science Program. The council seeks nominations for members of this committee. Please refer to the announcement for additional information and to submit nominations (link posted 19 July 2005).  See also: CCSP, NRC Agree to Create Review Committee  for Advising, Evaluating Climate Research Activities,  press release (dtd 27 June 2005) from the CCSP.  (posted 27 June 2005)

Seeking Nominations.  The National Research Council's Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate is seeking nominations for an ad hoc committee to identify lessons learned from past global change assessments and to guide future global change assessment activities of the CCSP. All nominations were due by Tuesday, July 12, 2005. (posted 28 June 2005)

Thinking Strategically: The Appropriate Use of Metrics for the Climate Change Science Program (Prepublication Version, 2005). Report (dtd May 2005) from the National Research Council (NRC). Presents the findings of "a committee to develop quantitative metrics and performance measures for documenting progress and evaluating future performance for selected areas of global change and climate change research." (link posted 24 May 2005)

Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program’s Synthesis and Assessment Product on Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere.  Report (issued 3 May 2005) from the National Research Council, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (BASC).  "Provides a review of the CCSP’s draft synthesis and assessment product on “Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences,” [Product 1.1] considering, for example, if the goals and objectives are clearly described, if the findings and recommendations are supported by evidence and analysis, if the presentation and organization is effective, if it is scientifically objective and policy neutral, and how it might be improved." (link posted 10 May 2005)

Climate Change Assessment: Administration Did Not Meet Reporting Deadline [PDF].  Report (dtd 14 April 2005; publicly released 22 April 2005) from the U.S. Congress, Government Accountability Office. (link posted 22 April 2005)

Preparation of Fourth U.S. Climate Action Report.  Federal Register notice from the U.S. Department of State, 8 April 2005.  The U.S. Government is currently preparing its fourth national communication to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  The report is due by 1 January 2006. This announcement solicits contributions and input on the issues to be covered in the report. Written comments should be received on or before noon, April 29, 2005.  The State Department intends to make available for public review a draft report in summer 2005. (link posted 18 April 2005)

Invitation to Comment on Draft Prospectus for Product 4-7.  Invitation (from from James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program) to comment on the draft prospectus for Synthesis & Assessment Product 4.7, Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure: Gulf Coast Study.  The deadline for comments is 5 May 2005. (posted 1 April 2005)

10-11 May 2005.  Lakewood, CO.  Past climate variability and change in the Arctic and at high latitudes: Scoping Workshop.  The open workshop will explore the content and structure of Synthesis and Assesment Product 1.2 (Past Climate Variability and Change in the Arctic and at High Latitudes).  It also will identify technical leads for the product. (posted 22 March 2005)

Richard Moss recognized by Secretary of Energy for leadership in global and climate change research.  Press release (dtd 17 February 2005) from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.  Richard Moss, director of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Office, has received the Distinguished Associate Award from the Department of Energy. (posted 8 March 2005)

The CCSP Strategic Plan plan calls for the creation of a series of more than 20 synthesis and assessment reports. Listed below are links to the latest postings related to these products.

  1. Public review comments on draft prospectus 1.1 (Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences). (posted 4 February 2005)
  2. Product 1.1 (Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere: Steps for Understanding and Reconciling Differences): Final Prospectus.  (posted 2 February 2005)
  3. Invitation to Comment on Draft Prospectuses.  Invitation (from from James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program) to comment on the following draft prospectuses (posted 2 February 2005)[comment period closed on 7 March 2005]:
    1. Product 2.1 (Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations and Review of Integrated Scenario Development and Application).
    2. Product 2.2 (North American Carbon Budget and Implications for the Global Carbon Cycle). 
    3. Product 3.1 (Climate models and their uses and limitations, including sensitivity, feedbacks, and uncertainty analysis)

IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Storage and Capture, U.S. Government Review. Invitation to comment on the draft special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group III.  Page includes links to instructions and to drafts. [comment period closed on 23 Feb 2005](links posted 13 January 2005)

Radiative Forcing of Climate Change: Expanding the Concept and Addressing Uncertainties.  Report (released 16 Dec 2004) from the National Academies' Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. The report, requested by the CCSP, examines the current state of knowledge regarding the direct and indirect radiative forcing effects of gases, aerosols, land-use, and solar variability on the climate of the Earth's surface and atmosphere. It also identifies research needed to improve our understanding of these effects. (link posted 4 Jan 2005)

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