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USGCRP Strategic Planning
As mandated by Congress, USGCRP develops a new strategic plan every ten years. The 2022–2031 Strategic Plan, released in December 2022, was developed by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research and draws on the advice of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) and feedback from agencies and the public.
Read the 2022–2031 Strategic Plan here.
Developing the 2022–2031 Strategic Plan (April 2021–November 2022)
- Agency outreach and USGCRP Interagency Group consultations [Jun–Aug 2021]
- Vision and Mission statements concurrence and prospectus development [Sep–Nov 2021]
- NASEM community outreach sessions [Nov–Dec 2021]: water; health; energy; food; transportation/infrastructure
- Public Comment Period on the Strategic Plan prospectus [Nov 2021–Jan 2022]
- Public Comment Period on the draft Strategic Plan [May–Jul 2022]
- NASEM Peer Review of the draft Strategic Plan [May–Aug 2022] | USGCRP response to the NASEM review
- Final Interagency Review and clearance [Oct–Nov 2022]
Strategic Planning History
Past strategic plans that have guided USGCRP over time, including during the period 2002–2009, when the Program was known as the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP):
- 2017 - The National Global Change Research Plan 2012-2021: A Triennial Update
- 2012 - The National Global Change Research Plan 2012–2021: A Strategic Plan for the U.S. Global Change Research Program (process documentation)
- 2008 - Revised Research Plan: An Update to the 2003 Strategic Plan
- 2003 - Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program
- 1989 - Our Changing Planet: The FY 1990 Research Plan
- 1989 - Our Changing Planet: A U.S. Strategy for Global Change Research