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The Climate Change Science Program is in the process of developing a series of building blocks that outline options for future approaches in a set of key areas. These building blocks will articulate important directions and approaches within specific disciplines or sets of disciplines, reflect emerging scientific and programmatic opportunities, and be responsive to the needs of relevant stakeholders.
There are several overarching building blocks and a set of cross-cutting building blocks that emphasize programmatic integration and will aim ultimately to inform future elements of the Program. Please also see our page on the Listening Sessions that will provide input to these building blocks from stakeholders.
Overarching Building Blocks:
Program Framing
This building block will address options for organizing and framing the future program, including the role of science in informing decision making and related program priorities
Science to Inform Mitigation
A significant portion of this building block will outline future options at the interface between climate science and technology on issues such as: carbon sequestration and verification; integrated assessment modeling; and other climate system science needed to inform mitigation. It also includes development of effective decision support approaches.
Science to Inform Adaptation
This includes work on impacts and vulnerability of natural and human systems, as well as the applied socioeconomic and natural science required to better apply scientific knowledge manage the risks and opportunities associated with global change.
Cross-Cutting Building Blocks:
Observations and Data Management
This will include but is not limited to issues at the interface between CCSP and GEO such as prioritization of observations, data management, and environmental indicators
Modeling
This will include but is not limited to Earth system modeling, regional modeling, impacts modeling, process modeling (physical, biological, chemical), integrated assessment modeling, seasonal-decadal-scale prediction, and human dimensions modeling
International Cooperation
This includes the role of the United States in the international research and assessment community
Education
This includes both formal and informal global change education approaches
Communication
This includes internal and external communication, as well as communication research needs; will identify key stakeholders
Assessment
This addresses options for the research program's future approach to collective, deliberative processes by which experts review, analyze, and synthesize scientific knowledge in response to users' information needs relevant to key questions, uncertainties, or decisions
Research Element Building Blocks
The specific organization and integration of the research element building blocks will be determined as a result of the output of the cross-cutting building block discussions. But the structure that currently exists as a result of our previous CCSP Strategic Plan 2003 is:
- Atmospheric Composition
- Climate Variability and Change
- Carbon Cycle
- Ecosystems
- Land Use / Land Cover Change
- Human Contributions and Responses
- Water Cycle
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