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The '''United States Global Change Research Program''' ('''USGCRP''') coordinates and integrates federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society. The program began as a presidential initiative in 1989 and was codified by Congress through the [[Global Change Research Act of 1990]] (P.L. 101-606), which called for "a comprehensive and integrated United States research program which will assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/15C56A.txt |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218110850/http://uscode.house.gov/download/pls/15C56A.txt |archive-date=February 18, 2013 }}</ref>

Thirteen departments and agencies participate in the USGCRP, which was known as the U.S. [[Climate Change Science Program]] from 2002 through 2008. The program is steered by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research under the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Sustainability, overseen by the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]], and facilitated by a National Coordination Office.

Since its inception, the USGCRP has supported research and observational activities in collaboration with several other national and international science programs.

{{Official URL|text=globalchange.gov|url=http://www.globalchange.gov/}}

== DOE relevance ==
The Climate And Environmental Sciences Division of the [[Office of Biological and Environmental Research]] usually is DOE's lead.<ref>https://www.globalchange.gov/about/organization-leadership</ref>

==Participating agencies==
Thirteen U.S. federal agencies participate in the USGCRP<ref name="USGCRP participants">{{cite web|url=https://www.globalchange.gov/agencies|title=US Government Agencies Participating in the USGCRP|date=20 October 2008 |work=Agencies|publisher=USGCRP|access-date=November 23, 2018}}</ref>:

* [[U.S. Department of Agriculture]] ([[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]])
* [[U.S. Department of Commerce]] ([[United States Department of Commerce|DOC]])
* [[U.S. Department of Defense]] ([[United States Department of Defense|DOD]])
* [[Department of Energy]] ([[United States Department of Energy|DOE]])
* [[U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]] ([[United States Department of Health and Human Services|HHS]])
* [[U.S. Department of the Interior]] ([[United States Department of the Interior|DOI]])
* [[U.S. Department of State]] ([[United States Department of State|DOS]])
* [[U.S. Department of Transportation]] ([[United States Department of Transportation|DOT]])
* [[Environmental Protection Agency]] ([[Environmental Protection Agency|EPA]])
* [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] ([[National Aeronautics and Space Administration|NASA]])
* [[National Science Foundation]] (NSF)
* Smithsonian Institution
* [[U.S. Agency for International Development]]

== Activities ==
These activities led to major advances in several key areas including:
* Observing and understanding short- and long-term changes in climate, the [[ozone layer]], and land cover;
* Identifying the impacts of these changes on ecosystems and society;
* Estimating future changes in the physical environment, and vulnerabilities and risks associated with those changes; and
* Providing scientific information to enable effective decision making to address the threats and opportunities posed by climate and global change.

These advances have been documented in numerous assessments commissioned by the program and have played prominent roles in international assessments such as those of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]]. Program results and plans are documented in the program's annual report, ''Our Changing Planet''.

==Definition of global change==
The Global Change Research Act of 1990 defines global change as: "Changes in the global environment (including alterations in climate, land productivity, oceans or other water resources, atmospheric chemistry, and ecological systems) that may alter the capacity of the Earth to sustain life."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d101:SN00169:@@@D&summ2=3& |title=Bill Summary & Status - 101st Congress (1989 - 1990) - S.169 - CRS Summary - THOMAS (Library of Congress) |access-date=2013-08-09 |archive-date=2016-07-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160704104835/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d101:SN00169:@@@D&summ2=3& |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Contact==
* 1800 G Street, NW, Suite 9100, Washington, D.C. 20006 USA
* Tel: +1 202 223 6262
* Fax: +1 202 223 3065

== Related ==
* [[Global Change Information System]]

==External links==
* http://www.globalchange.gov/
* {{W|article=U.S. Global Change Research Program}}
* https://cdiac.ess-dive.lbl.gov/SOCCR/pdf/sap2-2-final-all.pdf

=== Social media ===

* [[YouTube]] - https://www.youtube.com/@u.s.globalchangeresearchpr5623/videos
* [[Facebook]] - https://www.facebook.com/usgcrp
* [[Twitter]] - https://twitter.com/usgcrp

== References ==
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