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April-May, 2013 | Webinar series around the NCA Report - Session 3: The Long-Term Vision: Developing a "Sustained Climate Assessment"
On January 11th, the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) released the draft National Climate Assessment (NCA) for public review. The NCA is a climate status report authorized every four years under the Global Change Research Act of 1990. The Assessment is based on the best available science and written by hundreds of leading scientists and experts from academia, government, the private and non-profit sectors. After review by the National Academies of Science and the public, the report will be revised and submitted to the Federal Government in early 2014. Public comments must be submitted through the review and comment system.Instead of a single webinar on the draft National Climate Assessment, as we announced last week, the Security and Sustainability Forum and Second Nature will host a webinar series around the report. More than one webinar is needed to hear the NCA findings and allow time to discuss priorities for grappling with the challenges posed by extreme weather events and other social and economic disruptions resulting from a changing climate.
Session 3: The Long-Term Vision: Developing a "Sustained Climate Assessment"
April/May 2013
This webinar will focus on the long-term vision in Chapter 30, which proposes to make the assessment an "ongoing process of working to understand and evaluate the nation's vulnerabilities to climate variability and change and its capacity to respond," instead of a periodic review of climate change.
The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.