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Indicators Interagency Working Group

The Indicators Interagency Working Group (IndIWG) serves as an interagency forum that supports and facilitates the development of a USGCRP indicators effort. IndIWG’s primary focus is leveraging existing operational and research-oriented indicator efforts to support USGCRP sustained assessment activities. Selected indicators from federal efforts are integrated into USGCRP assessment products (e.g., the National Climate Assessment) and featured on the USGCRP Indicators Platform.

The USGCRP indicator effort aims to both highlight federal agency efforts and data and facilitate the pursuit of research to support the development of indicators as recommended by the agencies.

Activities:

  • A near-term IndIWG priority is identifying and adding new indicators to the USGCRP Indicators Platform, with an emphasis on social sciences and other non-physical science indicators.

  • IndIWG continues to collaborate with federal agencies (such as the USDA Forest Service) and USGCRP Interagency Groups, including the Observations Interagency Working Group, the Social Sciences Coordinating Committee, and the Interagency Crosscutting Group on Climate Change and Human Health, working together to identify possible indicators in support of USGCRP products.

  • IndIWG continues to support  USGCRP assessment activities, including the Indicators Appendix of the Fifth National Climate Assessment and an enhanced indicators feature of the Six National Climate Assessment.

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