USGCRP’s International Activities Interagency Working Group works within the international context of the 1990 Global Change Research Act. The group hopes to promote international and intergovernmental cooperation on global change research, involve scientists and policymakers from developing nations in such cooperative global change research programs, and promote international efforts to provide technical and other assistance to developing nations to facilitate improvements in their domestic standard of living while minimizing impacts on the global or regional environment.

Activities:

• Engagement in the development of the international chapter for the National Climate Assessment​
• Supported international research initiatives:
  • Funding for Future Earth, START (global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training), and the World Climate Research Program​
  • Regional networks: Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research