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Category Archives: U.S. Global Change Research Program
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
US Global Change Research Program: Budget reporting impedes meaningful oversight
The US Global Change Research Program is in serious need of an overhaul if it is to meet today’s data and information needs associated with preparing for, mitigating, and building resilience to a troubling set of climate change consequences. Just … Continue reading
Part 2: John Holdren Senate testimony on new directions for climate research and information service
In July 30 Senate testimony, President Obama’s science and technology adviser John Holdren addressed the need for new directions for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, national climate change assessment, and the development of a National Climate Service—all along lines … Continue reading
Part 1: John Holdren Senate testimony on climate change science and policy
In July 30 Senate testimony on the relationship between climate research, assessment, and policymaking, President Obama’s science and technology adviser John Holdren presented the kind of articulate, rational, mainstream perspective that we have been accustumed to hearing from him for … Continue reading
House climate bill gives White House science office lead role in guiding climate research & services
We talked with Climate Wire about how the “Adapting to Climate Change” subtitle of the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate change cap and trade bill is an improvement over how the bill started out in its earlier discussion draft form—in putting the … Continue reading
MIT modeling study doubles earlier projected warming, poses challenge for impacts research
“The most comprehensive modeling yet carried out on the likelihood of how much hotter the Earth’s climate will get in this century shows that without rapid and massive action, the problem will be about twice as severe as previously estimated … Continue reading
White House science & budget offices must lead in revitalizing federal climate research
Stronger leadership from the White House and Congress is urgently needed to revitalize and reform the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), to ensure that we have the scientific underpinnings for dealing effectively with the growing climate change threat. This … Continue reading
Public comment period closing for US gov’t report on climate change impacts in the US
Tomorrow is the deadline for public comment on a report many were surprised to see initiated under the Bush White House: “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.” An about-face from the typical Bush administration reluctance to connect the … Continue reading
Economic stimulus bill update: Funding for climate science at NASA and NOAA is retained
The $789 billion economic stimulus bill that was expedited through the House and Senate and negotiated in a joint conference committee February 12 retains some funding for Earth observation and climate science programs: $170 million for NOAA to address “critical … Continue reading
