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... The impressive and rich array of perspectives introduced through the NCA5 writing process provides an opportunity to develop a foundational climate change report that informs and highlights adaptation and mitigation efforts and serves as a valuable resource for broad audiences. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened an ad hoc Committee to Review the Draft Fifth National Climate Assessment (the "Committee")
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... The Committee recommends making figures and their captions self-contained such that the reader can easily understand the key ideas related to the figure without reading the supporting chapter text. The Committee also suggests that figures adhere to basic principles of design, including through the use of consistent titles, colors, and symbols.
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... Finally, in reviewing the draft NCA5 report as a whole, the Committee recommends more thorough attention should be given to certain topical areas: 14. Relatively more emphasis should be placed on the topics of: mitigation, adaptation successes and shortcomings, projected impacts of climate change, attribution of extreme events, and rural analysis.


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