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![Information About the Draft Third National Climate Assessment Report [Fact Sheet]](http://library.globalchange.gov/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/200x168/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/r/draft_review_handout_12.4.2012.png)
Information About the Draft Third National Climate Assessment Report [Fact Sheet]
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Downloadable copy available The National Climate Assessment (NCA) is an important resource for understanding and communicating climate change science and impacts in the United States. It informs the nation about already observed changes, the current status of the climate, and anticipated trends for the future. The NCA report process integrates scientific information from multiple sources and sectors to highlight key findings and significant gaps in our knowledge. The NCA is also establishing consistent methods for evaluating climate impacts in the U.S. in the context of broader global change. Finally, findings from the NCA provide input to federal science priorities and are used by U.S. citizens, communities and businesses as they create more sustainable and environmentally sound plans for the nation’s future.
This two page fact sheet provides an overview of the draft Third National Climate Assessment Report, and answers the most frequently asked questions regarding the draft report.
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National Climate Assessment: Vulnerability Assessments Workshop Report
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Downloadable copy available The workshop on including and conducting vulnerability assessments as a part of the 2013 NCA was held in Atlanta, Georgia on January 19-20, 2011. Learn More -
National Climate Assessment: Valuation Techniques and Metrics Workshop Report
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Downloadable copy available This workshop focused on techniques for quantitatively valuing climate impacts and adaptation in the context of the upcoming NCA. The workshop was held in Arlington, VA on January 12-13, 2011. Learn More -
National Climate Assessment: Physical Climate Indicators Workshop Report
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Downloadable copy available This workshop focused on monitoring changes in the physical climate system, as part of a series that includes workshops on the impacts of climate change on ecosystems and socioeconomic systems. The workshop was held in Washington, D.C. on March 29-30, 2011. Learn More -
National Climate Assessment: Societal Indicators Workshop Report
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Downloadable copy available The workshop on including and developing societal indicators as a part of the 2013 NCA was held in Washington, DC on April 28-29, 2011. Volume 5c of the NCA Report Series summarizes the discussions and outcomes of this workshop. Learn More -
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Preparing the Nation for Change: Introduction to the National Climate Assessment [Factsheet]
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Downloadable copy available The NCA report process integrates scientific information from multiple sources and sectors to highlight key findings and significant gaps in our knowledge. Learn More -
2009 Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
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Purchase this report on the Cambridge University Press website This report summarizes the science of climate change and the impacts of climate change on the United States, now and in the future. It is largely based on results of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), and integrates those results with related research from around the world. Learn More -
Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change offers much-needed guidance to those creating public policy and assists in implementing that policy. The information presented in this book will be invaluable to the research community, especially social scientists studying climate change; practitioners of decision-making assistance, including advocacy organizations, non-profits, and government agencies; and college-level teachers and students. Learn More -
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. To date, decisions related to the management and protection of the nation's people, resources, and infrastructure have been based on records in the recent past, when climate was relatively stable. Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change, part of the congressionally requested America's Climate Choices suite of studies, calls for a new paradigm-one that considers a range of possible future climate conditions and impacts that may be well outside the realm of past experience. Learn More -
Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change
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To download and/or purchase this report, please visit the National Academies Press website. Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, part of the congressionally requested America's Climate Choices suite of studies, focuses on the role of the United States in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The book concludes that in order to ensure that all levels of government, the private sector, and millions of households and individuals are contributing to shared national goals, the United States should establish a "budget" that sets a limit on total domestic greenhouse emissions from 2010-2050. Meeting such a budget would require a major departure from business as usual in the way the nation produces and uses energy-and that the nation act now to aggressively deploy all available energy efficiencies and less carbon-intensive technologies and to develop new ones. Learn More
