Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Update to the Strategic Plan Document (2016) / Chapter Skim
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Chapter 4: Review of Decision Suppor tObjectives and Plans
Chapter 4: Review of Decision Suppor tObjectives and Plans
Pages 41-50
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From the Committee's perspective, these three goals require development of knowledge (including about the processes of effective decision support) and a variety of mechanisms that expand the USGCRP beyond its traditional role of facilitating conversations within the scientific community to include spanning the boundary between scientific research and its users, both in and beyond the federal government.
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Each stage of any adaptive management process includes different challenges that must be considered in effective decision support. The Committee believes that the USP should begin to move the USGCRP toward a more specific description of social science research that will support evaluation of decision support tools and systems.
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Another research direction needed to support decision-making processes is better understanding of which components of successful decision support tools and approaches are unique to a particular context and which components can be transferred from one location to another. For example, the significant personal commitment of Mayor Michael Bloomberg was an important driving force in developing and implementing adaptation programs and projects in New York City.
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Studies of wetland function in the coastal zone, for example, have contributed to understanding the way that natural functions of coastal ecosystems bring economic benefits and protection to human communities. The broader lesson is that global change research does not have to be comprehensive or integrated to bring significant social benefit.
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Assessing these various approaches would allow a great deal to be learned about the most effective methods of providing climate science and ultimate climate services. The diverse set of federally funded regional climate centers, while varied in the details of their mission and in their capabilities, have a common underlying motivation.
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As described in the sustained assessment report, establishing and maintaining relationships with external communities will facilitate science translation at scales at which actions are being taken, identification of new research needs, and advances in working collaboratively to co-produce usable science. Importantly, the report points out that the benefit of expanding and maintaining these partnerships is that it has the potential to encourage local jurisdictions, universities, the broader research community, and others such as private voluntary organizations and for-profit firms to assume an increasingly active role in applying USGCRP-produced data, models, decision-support tools, reports, and other products in synthesis and analysis that meets their own needs.
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The draft USP refers to a Federal Advisory Committee for Sustained Assessment, and the Committee is aware that the Program has asked for nominations. The Committee encourages the USGCRP to move forward in establishing an advisory mechanism to assist in establishing the critical elements needed for sustained assessment.
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By not including this issue, the USGCRP is missing an important opportunity to connect observations and research to user communities, thus missing a potential benefit of these program components. Other key scientific foundations, such as specific attention to methods for vulnerability/risk assessment methods, valuation methods, approaches for incorporating international influences and impacts (discussed elsewhere in this review)
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As noted in the comments on the other goals, the needs of the Nation are not just to understand basic information about climate variability and change, but also to understand factors that could increase (or decrease) exposure to those events, and effective actions to increase capacities to manage exposures and reduce vulnerabilities.
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The Committee is deeply concerned about the singular focus of the draft USP on Future Earth when there are many international organizations involved in climate change that are not part of Future Earth activities. It is the sense of the Committee that a more multi-organizational approach will be required to be successful.
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