United States Global Change Research Program

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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
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THANKS
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Back up Slide
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A New Vision for the USGCRP
Climate Change Science (Understanding
Forecasting)
Climate Change Mitigation (Mitigation Response)
Climate Change Adaptation (Assessment Response)
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