Global Change Research Act of 1990

About this report, the National Climate Assessment.

The Global Change Research Act of nineteen ninety mandates that the U.S.

Global Change Research Program, USGCRP, deliver a report to Congress and the President no less than every four years that, quote, one, integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the program.

Two, analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity.

The National Climate Assessment.

The Global Change Research Act of nineteen ninety mandates that the US Global Change Research Program, USGCRP, deliver a report to Congress and the President no less than every four years that, quote, one, integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the program.

Two, analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity.

And three, analyzes current trends in global change, both human-induced and natural, and projects major trends for the subsequent twenty-five to one hundred years, end quote.

It provides a summary of relevant information from scientific and peer-reviewed literature, provides illustrative examples from government and private sector sources and incorporates input from a DOE-supported July 2012 workshop conducted by the Atlantic Council.

This report also builds upon DOE efforts in support of the US National Climate Assessment conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990.

The NCA provides an analysis of the effects of global change on the natural environment agriculture energy production and use land and water resources transportation human health and welfare human social systems and biological diversity analyzes current trends in global change both human induced and natural and projects major trends for the next twenty five to one hundred years The second NCA report was released in 2009.

The third NCA report is expected to be issued in 2014, and its energy-related chapters build upon technical input from DOE's Office of Science.

About this report, the National Climate Assessment.

The Global Change Research Act of 1990 mandates that the U.S.

Global Change Research Program, USGCRP, deliver a report to Congress and the President no less than every four years that, quote, one, integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the program.

Two, analyzes the effects of global change on the natural environment, agriculture, energy production and use, land and water resources, transportation, human health and welfare, human social systems, and biological diversity.