OUR CHANGING PLANET
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
for Fiscal Year 2008

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Additional program budget information

Table of Contents

Letter of Transmittal [also available: PDF]

Officials of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research [also available: PDF]

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for FY 2008

• Introduction [also available: PDF (173 kb)]
• Integrating Climate and Global Change Research [also available: PDF (300 kb)]
• CCSP Goals and Analysis of Progress Toward These Goals[also available: PDF (685 kb)]
• CCSP FY 2008 Key Interagency Implementation Activities [also available: PDF (218 kb)]
• Decision Support: Information to Support Policy Development and Adaptive Management [also available: PDF (145 kb)]
• Outline of Research Element Activities [also available: PDF (259 kb)]
• Chapter References [also available: PDF (58 kb)]

Highlights of Recent Research and Plans for FY 2008

1. Atmospheric Composition [also available: PDF (833 kb)]
2. Climate Variability and Change [also available: PDF (2 Mb)]
3. Global Water Cycle [also available: PDF (1 Mb)]
4. Land-Use and Land-Cover Change [also available: PDF (927 kb)]
5. Global Carbon Cycle [also available: PDF (1 Mb)]
6. Ecosystems [also available: PDF (576 kb)]
7. Decision-Support Resources Development and Related Research on Human Contributions and Responses [also available: PDF (145 kb)]
8. Observing and Monitoring the Climate System [also available: PDF (1 Mb)]
9. Communications
   [also available: PDF (100 kb)]
10. International Research and Cooperation [also available: PDF (572 kb)]

Appendices

Appendix A: The Climate Change Science Program Participating Agencies

• Introduction [also available: PDF (39 kb)]
• Department of Agriculture (USDA) [also available: PDF (353 kb)]
• Department of Commerce (DOC) [also available: PDF (158 kb)]
• Department of Defense (DOD) [also available: PDF (219 kb)]
• Department of Energy (DOE) [also available: PDF (136 kb)]
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [also available: PDF (116 kb)]
• Department of the Interior (DOI) [also available: PDF (100 kb)]
• Department of State (DOS) [also available: PDF (254 kb)]
• Department of Transportation (DOT) [also available: PDF (102 kb)]
• Agency for International Development (USAID) [also available: PDF (44 kb)]
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)[also available: PDF (80 kb)]
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)[also available: PDF (84 kb)]
• National Science Foundation (NSF) [also available: PDF (63 kb)]
• Smithsonian Institution (SI) [also available: PDF (51 kb)]

Appendix B: Climate Change Science Program FY 2008 Budget Tables

Note: In addition to being separately available as listed, all of the tables below are available as a single PDF (949 kb).

• Introduction [also available: PDF (41 kb)]
• Table 1 shows the CCSP FY 2006 – FY 2008 budget by goal and focus area.
  [also available: PDF (80 kb)]
• Table 2 shows the CCSP FY 2006 – FY 2008 budget by goal and participating agency/department.
  [also available: PDF (58 kb)]
• Table 3 shows the CCSP FY 2006 – FY 2008 budgets by agency, with USGCRP and CCRI budget listed separately and also combined in a single CCSP total.
  [also available: PDF (62 kb)]
• Table 4 shows the CCSP FY 2006 – FY 2008 scientific research budget by USGCRP research element.
  [also available: PDF (65 kb)]
• Table 5 shows the CCSP FY 2006 – FY 2008 budget for the Climate Change Research Initiative (CCRI)
  [also available: PDF (52 kb)]
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  [also available: PDF (340 kb)]
• Department of Commerce (DOC)
  [also available: PDF (155 kb)]
• [Department of Defense (DOD).  Because DOD research activities are conducted for defense-related missions, they are not included in the CCSP budget crosscut.   Related DOD research does contribute to CCSP goals, however.]
• Department of Energy (DOE)
  [also available: PDF (123 kb)]
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  [also available: PDF (164 kb)]
• Department of the Interior (DOI)
  [also available: PDF (164 kb)]
• Department of State (DOS)
  [no CCSP / USGCRP budget submitted]
• Department of Transportation (DOT)
  [also available: PDF (110 kb)]
• Agency for International Development (USAID)
  [also available: PDF (71 kb)]
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  [also available: PDF (71 kb)]
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  [also available: PDF (86 kb)]
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
  [also available: PDF (76 kb)]
• Smithsonian Institution (SI)
  [also available: PDF (57 kb)]

Contact Information [also available: PDF]

This document describes the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) for FY 2008. It provides a summary of the achievements of the program, an analysis of the progress made, and budgetary information. It thereby responds to the annual reporting requirements of the U.S. Global Change Research Act of 1990 (Section 102, P. L. 101-606). It does not express any regulatory policies of the United States or any of its agencies, or make any findings of fact that could serve as predicates for regulatory action. Agencies must comply with required statutory and regulatory processes before they could rely on any statements in this document or by the CCSP as a basis for regulatory action.