Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

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Publication Year:2009

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Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program; National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-xii
Summary	1-10	(skim)
1 Introduction	11-20	(skim)
2 Restructuring the Climate Change Science Program	21-84	(skim)
3 Future Priorities	85-122	(skim)
References	123-146	(skim)
Appendix A: Examples of Bills with a Significant Climate Change Component Considered in the 110th Congress	147-152	(skim)
Appendix B: U.S. Climate Change Science Program	153-158	(skim)
Appendix C: Process for Identifying Priority Areas	159-166	(skim)
Appendix D: Fundamental Research Priorities to Improve the Understanding of Human Dimensions of Climate Change	167-202	(skim)
Appendix E: Research Priorities for Improving Our Understanding of the Natural Climate System and Climate Change	203-226	(skim)
Appendix F: Workshop Agendas and Participants	227-242	(skim)
Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	243-252	(skim)
Appendix H: Acronyms and Abbreviations	253-254	(skim)

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Climate change is one of the most important global environmental problems facing the world today. Policy decisions are already being made to limit or adapt to climate change and its impacts, but there is a need for greater integration between science and decision making. This book proposes six priorities for restructuring the United States' climate change research program to develop a more robust knowledge base and support informed responses:

Reorganize the Program Around Integrated Scientific-Societal Issues
Establish a U.S. Climate Observing System
Support a New Generation of Coupled Earth System Models
Strengthen Research on Adaptation, Mitigation, and Vulnerability
Initiate a National Assessment of the Risks and Costs of Climate Change Impacts and Options to Respond
Coordinate Federal Efforts to Provide Climate Information, Tools, and Forecasts Routinely to Decision Makers

Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change

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