The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provides science to support the mission of the Department of the Interior. In the FY22 budget, Congress charged the USGS with developing an assessment of the linkages between biodiversity and climate...
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Closed Notices
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) is developing an update to "Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science," originally published in 2009. The intention of the update is to ensure the Guide reflects current climate science, engagement, and education methods and includes a focus on informing...
A draft version of the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) is now available for a 12-week public review and comment period. Additional information on this request can be found in the Federal Register Notice.
People who wish to review and comment on the draft report can do so via...
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, on behalf of USGCRP, requests input from the public to help inform the framing, development, and use of the National Nature Assessment. We welcome comments on the definition of nature, what questions the assessment can help answer, potential...
The U.S. Global Change Research Program, in collaboration with Smithsonian Institution, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, invites artists to engage in the development of the Fifth National Climate Assessment by creatively visualizing climate change in the United States: its...
The Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), an independent intergovernmental body that assesses the state of biodiversity and the ecosystem services biodiversity provides to society, is currently seeking experts and practitioners with relevant expertise to author a new methodological assessment on business and biodiversity (the scoping...
The following notice is shared on behalf of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
In the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), in coordination with relevant Federal agencies, was directed by Congress to develop a five-year “scientific assessment...
NOAA, on behalf of USGCRP, is soliciting nominations for Review Editors for the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5). Please see the Federal Register Notice for full details.
The Review Editor plays a critical role on the assessment, ensuring that each public and peer review comment has been appropriately considered...
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), in collaboration with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, requests comment from the public on its draft Decadal Strategic Plan. Please refer to the Federal Register Notice for full information.
USGCRP seeks feedback on program priorities and accompanying narrative in the...
In cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) seeks expert comment on the fourth and final volume of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) — the Synthesis Report. A Federal Register Notice has been published...