Review of the U.S. Global Change Research Program's Draft Decadal Strategic Plan, 2022-2031 (2022) / Chapter Skim
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3 The Four Pillars
3 The Four Pillars
Pages 21-28
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Engaging the Nation should be the second pillar in order to underscore USGCRP's recognition that expanding the impact of the federal research enterprise requires fostering meaningful engagement among scientists, affected communities, and decision makers. In a fundamental sense, the "Engaging the Nation" pillar functions as a bridge between "Advancing Science" and "Informing Decisions", by encouraging the engagement of a greater diversity of individuals in planning and conducting global change science and by fostering meaningful dialogue among scientists, affected communities, and decision makers.
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The research topics identified focus on general areas of research activity and data collection (e.g., "USGCRP agencies will continue to document biodiversity loss, global trends, and potential future losses due in marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems"21) but do not specify research outputs or identify new investments or research campaigns that will be undertaken during the DSP's timeframe.
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Identifying which aspects of research in the "Advancing Science" pillar are needed to meet the goals of "Informing Decisions" would provide information to the USGCRP agencies and the research community regarding urgent topics to support decision-making efforts. Elevating and sharpening language around the "Advancing Science" topics related to decision making under uncertainty would be a welcome addition to the final DSP.
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increase the number and breadth of social and environmental indicators of global change, including for adaptation and resilience. "ENGAGING THE NATION" PILLAR New Audiences for the Decadal Strategic Plan The 13 federal agencies that constitute the USGCRP continue to serve the Nation by producing intramural research and funding extramural studies to better understand how global environmental change challenges will impact the U.S., primarily focusing on climate change (NASEM, 2017)
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The draft DSP takes the important step of prioritizing co-production of knowledge but offers few insights into what this progression means for the boundary partners that translate primary research into local action. Extramural funded research programs, such as RISAs, CASCs, Climate Hubs, and others, have established successful co-production models, but there is less intramural federal research that promotes co-production through traditional funding calls.27 Acknowledging boundary partners as an important audience could accelerate the transition into co-production modes of research and implementation.
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The Committee applauds the views of the draft DSP's emphasis on environmental justice, and notes that a particularly effective way to engage marginalized communities is through their existing trusted voices. Global change impacts can amplify the harms and impacts of structural racism and sexism on health and wellness outcomes.
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The Committee commends the USGCRP for identifying specific goals for the development of information products related to reaching net-zero emissions through carbon emission mitigation strategies, frequency of extreme events, geographically downscaled risk models (that incorporate effects on marginalized communities) , and benefits and costs of adaptation and resilience actions.31 Providing this technical basis for well-informed policy development efforts would be of great value to the Nation and internationally, helping to support robust decision making at all governmental and geographic scales.
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Quantifying global change challenges and identifying effective interventions will require unprecedented efforts from the community of nations, big and small, developed and developing. While the Committee notes that the examples of international coordination activities33 given in the draft DSP tend to focus on collaborations around research synthesis, the Committee also suggests incorporating examples of international research collaborations including multination-funded research and USGCRP-funded research conducted by and with international partners, especially those in low- and middle-income countries.
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