1st Newsletter: The National Climate Assessment: Preparing the Nation for Change
The National Climate Assessment is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990,
which requires a report to the President and the Congress that evaluates, integrates and interprets the findings of the
$2.6 billion federal research program on global change (USGCRP) every four years. In addition, the 1990 Act requires
an assessment of the impacts of global change on a variety of sectors, and projections of future conditions for 25 to 100 years.
The NCA will help to provide the scientific underpinnings that can be used by communities and the Nation as a whole to
create more sustainable and environmentally sound development paths.
It also aims to provide a basis for prioritizing federal climate science investments.
It has been developed within the Interagency National Climate Assessment (INCA) Task Force,
which represents 18 agencies and departments that are working together to create the NCA process.
For a synopsis of the assessment advice that has been received from multiple sources, please refer to
The first edition of the National Climate Assessment newsletter:
To receive newsletter, contact engagement@usgcrp.gov and ask to subscribe.
Posted by Anne Wallach Thomas on Thursday, August 26, 20105:56PM
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