Climate Change Science Program Product Development
Advisory Committee
(CPDAC)
The Climate Change Science Program Product
Development Advisory Committee will draft specific Climate Change Science
Program (CCSP) Synthesis and Assessment Products at the request of the
Department of Energy in accordance with the interagency Climate Change
Science Program (CCSP) Guidelines for Producing the CCSP Synthesis and
Assessment Products. One product to be drafted by the CPDAC is an assessment
report of climate models, their uses, limitations, sensitivity, feedbacks,
and uncertainties. A second product is two reports will consist of two
reports, one of which provides updated scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions
and concentrations.
This report
will include: (1) a summary of the scenarios for interested non-specialists;
(2) documentation and discussion of the scenarios; and (3) information
about the integrated assessment models used to generate the scenarios,
including pertinent, aggregate-level, numerical information reported consistently
across all scenarios and associated “reference” cases, such
as for example, emissions trajectories, energy contributions over time,
and population trajectories. The
second report will be a state-of-the-art review of the development and
application of integrated scenarios of greenhouse gas emissions. The
report will review and evaluate how the science and stakeholder communities
define, develop, implement, and communicate scenarios in the global climate
change context, and how this process might be enhanced or improved. It will include a review of past scenario
development and application efforts. The
CPDAC will agree upon the contents of the products before advising the
Department of Energy to adopt the language. The
CPDAC will also comply with the Department of Energy’s Information
Quality Act guidelines in the development of the CCSP Synthesis and Assessment
Products.