Evaluating progress of the U.S. Climate Science Program : methods and preliminary results / Committee to on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Behavioral and Social and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Strategic Advice on the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.

Contributor:

National Academies Press (U.S.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)--Evaluation.

Climate Change Science Program (U.S.).

Climatic changes--Research--United States.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Research--United States.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (178 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) coordinates the efforts of 13 federal agencies to understand why climate is changing, to improve predictions about how it will change in the future, and to use that information to assess impacts on human systems and ecosystems and to better support decision making. Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program is the first review of the CCSP's progress since the program was established in 2002. It lays out a method for evaluating the CCSP, and uses that method to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the entire program and to identify areas where progress has not met expectations. The committee found that the program has made good progress in documenting and understanding temperature trends and related environmental changes on a global scale, as well as in understanding the influence of human activities on these observed changes. The ability to predict future climate changes also has improved, but efforts to understand the impacts of such changes on society and analyze mitigation and adaptation strategies are still relatively immature. The program also has not met expectations in supporting decision making, studying regional impacts, and communicating with a wider group of stakeholders.

Contents:

pt. 1. Method and results

pt. 2. Detailed supporting analysis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786611110123

9780309179225

030917922X

9781281110121

1281110124

9780309108270

0309108276

OCLC:

923278398