Global Change Research Needs and Opportunities for 2022-2031 (2021) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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. Already, a growing and wealthier human population is driving a set of interacting global changes that are disrupting the climate through: greenhouse gas (GHG)
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The adverse impacts of global changes have been and will continue to be greatest on people who already suffer health and socioeconomic disparities. Moreover, climate change is now recognized alongside impaired air quality and hazardous waste as another driver of environmental injustice, racism, and disenfranchisement that undermines human well-being (Hoffman et al., 2020)
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As impacts of climate change have played out over the globe, and across regions and sectors in the United States, USGCRP has conducted regular assessments of global change science and impacts that serve as a foundation of information for the nation's top decision makers, guiding future research investments and helping to prioritize policies to protect the health and well-being of Americans. In 2015, the Committee to Advise the U.S.
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Establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year the Plan is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal global change research which most effectively advance scientific understanding of global change and provide usable information on which to base policy decisions relating to global change; 2. Describe specific activities, including research activities, data collection and data analysis requirements, predictive modeling, participation in international research efforts, and information management, required to achieve such goals and priorities; 3.
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Methods for improving participation in international global change research by developing nations; and 7. Estimate, to the extent practicable, Federal funding for global change research activities to be conducted under the Plan.
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In this report, the National Academies Committee to Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program argues that these needs to manage climate change risks can be best met if USGCRP works within an integrated, systems-based risk framework and engages in coproduction with interested and impacted parties.
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Global Change Research Program provides ongoing and focused advice to USGCRP by convening key thought leaders and decision makers at semiannual meetings, providing strategic advice, and serving as a portal to relevant activities from across the National Academies. This committee is charged specifically to review draft strategic plans and updates thereof as requested; provide ongoing, integrated advice to USGCRP on broad, program-wide issues; and help to identify issues of importance for the global change research community.
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Chapter 2 outlines the most pressing global change risks in the coming decade identified by the committee and includes examples of integrating research needed to assess these risks. Chapter 3 discusses how USGCRP can use an integrated systems-based risk approach to provide more useful and usable information to help Americans deal with the urgent climate change challenge.
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