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Category Archives: U.S. Global Change Research Program
Does the USGCRP have high-level political buy-in for connecting climate science to society?
The new U.S. Global Change Research Program Strategic Plan is on the right track in seeking to connect scientific research and assessments to policy and societal management, we told ClimateWire, but it's not at all clear that the plan has … Continue reading
Public review comment on the USGCRP draft Strategic Plan
The U.S. Global Change Research Program's draft 10-year Strategic Plan envisions a greater role for the social sciences in transitioning to a new era of climate change 'decision support', sustained assessment, and communications. But what is the role of the social scientist, as … Continue reading
Draft federal climate research plan gives new emphasis to ‘decision support,’ sustained assessments, and communications
Will the Obama administration stand up for the priorities in this plan and push for funding it when the going gets rough with the denialists in Congress? We talked with the Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media about … Continue reading
House Science Committee Republicans aim to slash climate and sustainable energy programs
In a letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chair Ralph Hall (R-Texas) and 10 of his Republican colleagues have called for budget cuts, and in some cases program terminations, that directly … Continue reading
Budget cuts loom as the U.S. launches a National Climate Assessment
In a process that will extensively engage Americans around the country, the National Climate Assessment will produce a landmark report on the impacts of climate change on the U.S. However, from the outset, budget cuts threaten the effort. The federal advisory … Continue reading
National Climate Assessment team convenes in Washington, DC, to begin producing a major new assessment due in 2013
The National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee held its first meeting in Washington, DC, this week, April 4-6, marking the formal beginning of a process aimed at producing the next National Climate Assessment by June 2013. Done effectively, the … Continue reading
Thomas Armstrong of Interior Dept announced as new Director of USGCRP Office
The White House announced March 29 that Tom Armstrong, recently the Senior Advisor for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of the Interior, is the new Director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s National Coordination Office. Over the years, … Continue reading
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President Obama’s FY2011 Budget has 21% funding increase for USGCRP climate science research
Alongside major new investments in clean energy development, President Obama’s FY2011 Budget proposes $2.56 billion in funding for climate and global change research conducted under the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) umbrella. This $439 increase over the FY2010 level … Continue reading
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Climate change endangerment to human health: Where is the Obama Administration’s plan?
While the public health community has made strides toward understanding the significant and complex threat to human health posed by climate change, a strategic federal program of research and decision support is not yet in evidence. Expediting the development, funding, … Continue reading
Will Obama’s FY2011 budget fund essential new climate change research priorities?
Will the President’s forthcoming Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for the U.S. Global Change Research Program demonstrate a commitment to essential new research priorities? The National Research Council identified key research needed for understanding and responding to the implications of … Continue reading
