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Climate Science for Decision-Making

Group on Earth Observations, Tokyo, April 2004.

Overview of Program

The United States is committed to helping developing countries and countries with economies in transition meet environmental challenges such as climate change. Improved understanding of the science of climate change is needed to support the complex decisions that must be made by policymakers. Climate change science is a major component of decision support resources that include “the set of observations, analyses, interdisciplinary research products, communication mechanisms and operational services that provide timely and useful information to address questions confronting policymakers, resource managers, and other users.”⁽¹⁾
To learn more about Climate Science for Decision-Making, click here.

Related Links and Documents

U.S. Government Climate Change Programs

• U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP)
  • Overview of U.S. Research on Climate and Global Change
  • Strategic Plan for the Climate Change Science Program
  • Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2008
  • Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2007
  • CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products
• U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
  • U.S. National Assessment of Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change
  • U.S. Government Agencies Participating in the USGCRP
  • International Research Cooperation
• U.S. Global Change Information Office
  • Ask Dr. Global Change: Interactive Reference Service for Information and Data

International Climate Change Scientific Resources

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
  • IPCC Activities
  • IPCC Assessment Reports
  • U.S. Announcements Related to the IPCC
• Earth Observations
  • Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)
    • Earth Observation Fact Sheet
    • U.S. Group on Earth Observations (US GEO)
    • Benefit of Earth Observations Where You Live
    • Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System, April 2005 (PDF 4,890K)

U.S. Government Agency Climate Change Science Resources

• Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Footnote

⁽¹⁾Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: A Report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. July 2003. The Climate Change Science Program, sponsored by 13 federal agencies, integrates federal research on global change and climate change.

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