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... of 1990) to assist the Nation and the world to "understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global environmental change." As the understanding of global change has evolved over the past decades, and as demand for scientific information on global change has increased from both the public and private spheres, the Program has increasingly focused on use-inspired research that can inform decisions to cope with current global environmental change -- in particular to understand climate variability and change, to reduce the magnitude of future changes, and to prepare for changes projected over coming decades.
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... agencies and with non-Federal partners. In order to achieve the ambitious goals of the Strategic Plan, the USGCRP will need to employ new and existing mechanisms that will enhance participation in the Program and ultimately provide greater societal benefit from the conduct of global change science.


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