The Reports Library features scientific assessments, annual reports, strategic research plans, and other resources produced by USGCRP and the collaborative efforts of our member agencies. Select reports by other authoritative scientific bodies with whom we work, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the National Research Council (NRC), are also accessible here. Most reports are available for download (open and click View); some can be ordered in print free of charge (open and click Add to Cart).
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The Strategic Plan fulfills Congress's mandate in the Global Change Research Act to develop a program to "understand, assess, predict, and respond to" global change. It reflects recommendations from multiple reports of the National Academies, from dozens of listening sessions with stakeholders around the country, and from collaborative planning among the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) member agencies. Altogether,...
The first regional and strategic guidance workshops to contribute to the 2013 NCA were held in Chicago in February 2010.
The Revised Research Plan is an update to the 2003 Strategic Plan of the US Climate Change Science Program (CCSP), a document that was developed via a thorough, open and transparent multi-year process involving a wide range of scientists and managers.
A report by the Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research. Full report
The vision document provides an overview of the Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) long-term strategic plan to enhance scientific understanding of global climate change.
![Strategic Plan 2003 [CD]](https://www.globalchange.gov/sites/globalchange/files/styles/report_thumbnail/public/reports_images/PLAN-1.jpg?itok=JTp_A7yA "Strategic Plan 2003 [CD]")
Includes in both PDF and HTML format: Vision for the Program and Highlights of the Scientific Strategic Plan (41 pages); Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (202 pages)