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US Climate Change Science Program
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
An Interagency Perspective on Climate and
Global Change Education
http://www.climatescience.gov
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
What is Climate Literacy?
• Scientific literacy is the knowledge and understanding of
scientific concepts and processes required for personal decision
making, participation in civic and cultural affairs, and economic
productivity. It also includes specific types of abilities.
• In short, the ability to question, to determine answers, to
understand and evaluate climate information (at a popular press
level), and to appreciate the necessary scientific underpinnings
of local, state, national policy and decisions....to appreciate how
climate is a part of our larger societal framework.
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
How does climate literacy and climate
education intersect with data management?
• Workforce development (formal ed. yield time – 10 yrs)
– (not just science, but resource managers, utilities, architects
etc. etc.)
• Ability to ask the right questions of us as data providers
• Public support for government expenditure
– (e.g. billions of dollars for satellite investments, modeling
capabilities)
• Public understanding of implications of climate research
and resulting policy decisions
US Climate Change Science Program
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Education in the CCSP Context
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
CCSP and education activities...
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) incorporates the U.S.
Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), established by the Global
Change Research Act of 1990, and the Bush Administration’s 2001 Climate
Change Research Initiative.
Vision: A nation and the global community empowered with the sciencebased knowledge to manage the risks and opportunities of change in the
climate and related environmental systems.
Mission: Facilitate the creation and application of knowledge of the Earth’s
global environment through research, observations, decision support, and
communication.
Responsibility: Coordinating and integrating scientific research on global
variability and change sponsored by 13 participating agencies of the U.S.
Government.
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CCSP Activities
Coordination and Planning
• Agency leads and EOP liaisons, Interagency
Working Groups, Coordination Office
• Strategic Plan (2003), Revised Research
Plan (2008), annual research prioritization
• International research cooperation and
coordination (IPCC, International research
programs, Support of agency activities,
Formal and informal partnerships)
Global Change Research
Information Office (GCRIO)
www.gcrio.org
Websites
www.climatescience.gov
www.usgcrp.gov
www.climatetechnology.gov
www.carboncyclescience.gov
Selected Products
• Our Changing Planet (annually)
• 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products
(2006 – 2009)
• Scientific Assessment (2008)
• Unified Synthesis Product (in progress)
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Ad hoc Education Interagency Working Group
• Participation
– Frank Niepold (NOAA), Ming-Ying Wei (NASA).
– Other participation from NSF, USDA, DOE,DOI,
EPA,HHS...etc.
• Key activities
– to outline national imperatives for inclusion in future
strategic planning activities with focus on
interagency component
– To build a cohesive climate literacy framework –
interagency and external community
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Contact us...
Climate Change Science Program/Global
Change Research Program
Anne Waple
[email protected]
US Climate Change Science Program
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
Additional Information
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Current CCSP Goals [from 2003 Strategic Plan]
1. Improve knowledge of climate and
environment.
2. Improve quantification of forces
driving changes to climate.
3. Reduce uncertainty in projections
of future climate change.
4. Understand sensitivity and
adaptability of natural and
manmade systems.
5. Explore uses and limits of
managing risks and opportunities.
www.climatescience.gov/Library/stratplan2003/
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CCSP Interagency Committee
CCSP Office
Interagency Working Groups
Atm. Comp.
Ecosys.
Internat.
Carbon
HCR
Modeling
Water Cycle
LULCC
Climate Var. & Change
Comm.
Obs.
Educ.
FOG
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CCSP Interagency Working Groups
• Atmospheric Composition
• Climate Variability and
Change
• Modeling
• Global Water Cycle
• Land Use and Land Cover
Change
• Global Carbon Cycle
• Ecosystems
• Human Contributions and
Responses
• Observing and Monitoring
the Climate System
• Data Management and
Information
• Communications
• International Research
and Cooperation
• Education
Incorporating the US Global Change Research Program and the Climate Change Research Initiative
U.S. Climate Change Science Program
Building Blocks
Cross-Cutting
Program Framing
Research Elements
Atmospheric Composition
Science to Inform Mitigation
Science to Inform Adaptation
Observations and Data
Management
Modeling
Climate Variability and Change
Carbon Cycle
Ecosystems
International Cooperation
Human Contributions and
Responses
Water Cycle
Education
Communication and Outreach
Assessment
Land Use/Land Cover Change