Climate change and the USDA : agency efforts, challenges, and plans / Edward Hogarth, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hogarth, Edward, editor.

Series:

Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.

Climate Change and its Casuses, Effects and Prediction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Agriculture.

United States.

Meteorology, Agricultural.

Climatic changes--Government policy--United States.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (122 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) climate change priorities for agriculture include, among other things, providing better information to farmers on future climate conditions. These priorities generally align with national priorities set by the Administration, which include promoting actions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, advancing climate science, developing tools for decision makers, and developing better projections of future climate conditions. In 2012, the United States produced about 395 billion in agricultural commodities, with about half of this revenue from crop sales

Contents:

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE USDA: AGENCY EFFORTS,CHALLENGES, AND PLANS; CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE USDA: AGENCY EFFORTS,CHALLENGES, AND PLANS; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: CLIMATE CHANGE: USDA'S ONGOING EFFORTS CAN BE ENHANCED WITH BETTER METRICS AND MORE RELEVANT INFORMATION FOR FARMERS; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; THE U.S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; USDA'S CLIMATE CHANGE PRIORITIES INCLUDE PROVIDING BETTER INFORMATION TO FARMERS AND GENERALLY ALIGN WITH NATIONAL PRIORITIES

USDA CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS CONSIST OF BOTH MATURE PROGRAMS AND NEW INITIATIVES, BUT THE AGENCY IS NOT TRACKING PROGRESS ADEQUATELYUSDA FACES CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING ITS CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS; CONCLUSION; RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION; AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION; APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY; APPENDIX II: SUMMARY OF USDA CLIMATE CHANGE BUDGET AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS; APPENDIX III: INFORMATION ON USDA'S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE GOALS; APPENDIX IV: INFORMATION ON USDA'S REGIONALCLIMATE HUBS (CORRESPONDS TO FIG. 2)

Chapter 2: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANI. POLICY FRAMEWORK; II. PLANNING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RELATED RISK; VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT; III. PROVIDING INFORMATION, DATA, AND TOOLS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCE(EO 13653 SECTION 4); IV. MODERNIZING FEDERAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORTCLIMATE RESILIENT INVESTMENT (EO 13653 SECTION 2); V. USDA ADAPTATION ACTIONS TABLE HIGHLIGHTS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 30, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-054-1