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Title: United States Global Change Research Program


1
United States Global Change Research Program
  • National Science and Technology Council
  • Subcommittee on Global change Research
  • NSTC/SGCR

Jack Kaye - Acting Chair, SGCR / Acting Director
, USGCRP
2
Mandate and Goals
  • Global Change Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-606)
    "a comprehensive and integrated United States
    research program which will assist the Nation and
    the world to understand, assess, predict, and
    respond to human-induced and natural processes of
    global change.
  • Goals
  • To improve understanding of uncertainties in
    climate science
  • To expand global observing systems
  • To develop science-based resources to support
    policymaking and resource management
  • To communicate findings broadly among scientific
    and stakeholder communities

www.globalchange.gov
3
Interagency Working Groups
  • Research Elements
  • Atmospheric Composition
  • Climate Variability and Change
  • Water Cycle
  • Land-Use / Land-Cover Change
  • Carbon Cycle
  • Ecosystems
  • Human Contributions Responses
  • Cross-Cutting Elements
  • International Research
  • and Cooperation
  • Modeling
  • Observations and Data Management
  • Communications
  • Education

4
www.globalchange.gov
5
FY 2011 Budget
  • 2.6 billions dollars, up 21 percent or 439
    million over the 2010 enacted level
  • Enhances research and modeling of the physical
    climate system

www.globalchange.gov
6
Next Steps
  • Reforming USGCRP around societal area to address
    emerging national needs (NRC, 2009)
  • High priorities areas
  • Earth observations
  • Integrated assessment
  • Adaptation research
  • Climate services

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Education
www.globalchange.gov
8
THANKS
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9
Back up Slide
www.globalchange.gov
10
A New Vision for the USGCRP
Climate Change Science (Understanding
Forecasting)
Climate Change Mitigation (Mitigation Response)
Climate Change Adaptation (Assessment Response)
www.globalchange.gov
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