Implementing Climate and Global Change Research : A Review of the Final U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic Plan Paperback / softback

The report reviews a draft strategic plan from the U.S.

Climate Change Science Program, a program formed in 2002 to coordinate and direct U.S. efforts in climate change and global change research.

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program incorporates the decade-old Global Change Research Program and adds a new component -the Climate Change Research Initiative-whose primary goal is to "measurably improve the integration of scientific knowledge, including measures of uncertainty, into effective decision support systems and resources."Table of ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1.

Overall Assessment of the Strategic Plan2. Science Focus and Scope3. Implementing and Managing the Program4. Strategic PlanningReferencesAppendix A: Excerpts from Planning Climate and Global ChangeResearch: A Review of the Draft U.S.

Climate Science ProgramStrategic PlanAppendix B: Statement of TaskAppendix C: Committee and Staff BiographiesAppendix D: Global Change Research Act of 1990Appendix E: Letter from James R.

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