![Meeting of the
NRC Committee to Advise the USGCRP
and the
NRC Panel to Review the National Climate Assessment
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National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC
Meeting Room 120
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Call-in Instructions: Dial: 1-888-640-7748 Access code: 8420006#
If calling from abroad, dial 720-362-6194
Logistical Support – Ricardo Payne, 202-334-3982, rpayne@nas.edu
TuesdayJuly 24
*8:00am – Shuttle Departs from Hotel en route to NAS Building*
CLOSED SESSION
8:15a.m. Breakfast served in meeting room
8:45 a.m. Committee discussion about the meeting plans and goals
OPEN SESSION
9:45 a.m. General updates on USGCRP progress (e.g., release of the final Strategic Plan,
status of implementation planning efforts).
11:00 a.m. Initial exploration of the topic of ‘performance metrics’ for the USGCRP
In this session, we willdiscuss the USGCRP’s needs for clear metrics to assess their
progress in implementing the goals/objectives of the new Strategic Plan; and will
consider whether a full workshop on this subject would be feasible and worthwhile.
Invited guests include: John Carberry [from the NRC study‘Thinking Strategically -
Appropriate use of metrics for the Climate Change Science Program’. 2005]; and Jack
Fellows (by phone) to offer a ‘former OMB’ perspective
12:30p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Discussion Forum: Enhancing the Integration of Social, Behavioral, Economic
(SBE) sciences into the USGCRP
This session will focus on some key challenges facing the USGCRP and its member
Agencies, for which SBE research/data are needed to help make progress. For each
challenge, we will ask federal agency representatives to offer perspectives on their most
critical needs, followed by responses from a few select experts, and then open
discussion among all participants. For each topic we'd explore: the stakeholders who
must grapple with this challenge; the SBE information, insights, and data already
available for application; and priority needs for new SBE observations and research. For](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/july-2012-meeting-agenda-120711075831-phpapp01/85/July-2012-meeting-agenda-1-320.jpg)
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all topics, we should focus on real-world constraints and opportunities for making
progress within the context of implementing the USGCRP’s strategic plan.
Opening comments: why this session is needed, what we hope to accomplish.
- USGCRP perspectives [Kathy Jacobs, Chris Weaver, others]
- Committee perspectives [Kai Lee, Tom Dietz, Richard Moss]
Challenge 1: More effectively integrating SBE information into scenarios used by
the climate research community. What are some high-priority SBE research activities
to advance the development of scenarios for use in climate change adaptation /
mitigation decision-making? What data and analytical approaches (including models
that integrate across human and natural systems) might improve the utility of scenarios
in sustained assessment processes and for planning and decision making by federal
agencies, officials, and their constituencies?
3:30 p.m. break
3:45 p.m. Challenge 2: Establishing valuation methods for climate change impacts and
response measures. What valuation methods can federal agencies and decision
makers use to more consistently assess the costs/benefits of different types of climate
change impacts and adaptation and mitigation actions (or the choices not to undertake
such actions)? How do we develop rigorous, efficient ways to quantify the costs of
climate change impacts over various time horizons and under specific scenarios, and
compare them to costs of mitigation and adaptation?
5:30 p.m. Reception/Dinner for committee and guests at the NAS Building
6:45 p.m. Shuttle Departs for Hotel
Wednesday, July 25
*8:15am – Shuttle Departs from Hotel en route to NAS Building*
OPEN SESSION (All Day)
8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Meeting Room
9:00 a.m. Continue Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences Discussion Forum
Challenge 3: Improving communication with local/regional stakeholders. What
communication tools, approaches, and institutions would help the federal agencies to
effectively inform decisions at local and regional levels, including communication about
the large uncertainties associated with many regional-level global change impacts.
10:30 a.m. break
10:45 a.m..wrap-up discussion
- Consider cross-cutting issues not fully addressed in the topics above
[e.g. SBE data and observations, research on decision-making under uncertainty]
- Recap of ideas for practical next steps to be taken by the USGCRP: suggestions from
committee members and guests; ideas and reactions from USGCRP representatives
12:00 p.m. Lunch](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/july-2012-meeting-agenda-120711075831-phpapp01/85/July-2012-meeting-agenda-2-320.jpg)
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[End of the USGCRP cmte meeting; Beginning of the NCA Review Panel meeting]
1:00 p.m. ‘Showstopper’ review of preliminary findings / conclusions of the 2013 National Climate
Assessment report: briefing presentations from NCA leadership and lead authors
5:45 p.m. Shuttle Departs for Hotel
6:30 p.m. Working Dinner for the NCA review panel [at restaurant near hotel]
Thursday, July 26
*8:15am – Shuttle Departs from Hotel en route to NAS Building*
OPEN SESSION
8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Meeting Room
9:00 a.m. Continue NCA showstopper review: feedback from the Panel membersand open
discussion.
12:00 p.m. Lunch
CLOSED SESSION
1:00 p.m. Discussion among NCA Review Panel
2:30 p.m.Meeting adjourns](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/july-2012-meeting-agenda-120711075831-phpapp01/85/July-2012-meeting-agenda-3-320.jpg)
July.2012.meeting.agenda
- 1. Meeting of the NRC Committee to Advise the USGCRP and the NRC Panel to Review the National Climate Assessment ------------------ National Academy of Sciences Building 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC Meeting Room 120 --------------------- Call-in Instructions: Dial: 1-888-640-7748 Access code: 8420006# If calling from abroad, dial 720-362-6194 Logistical Support – Ricardo Payne, 202-334-3982, rpayne@nas.edu TuesdayJuly 24 *8:00am – Shuttle Departs from Hotel en route to NAS Building* CLOSED SESSION 8:15a.m. Breakfast served in meeting room 8:45 a.m. Committee discussion about the meeting plans and goals OPEN SESSION 9:45 a.m. General updates on USGCRP progress (e.g., release of the final Strategic Plan, status of implementation planning efforts). 11:00 a.m. Initial exploration of the topic of ‘performance metrics’ for the USGCRP In this session, we willdiscuss the USGCRP’s needs for clear metrics to assess their progress in implementing the goals/objectives of the new Strategic Plan; and will consider whether a full workshop on this subject would be feasible and worthwhile. Invited guests include: John Carberry [from the NRC study‘Thinking Strategically - Appropriate use of metrics for the Climate Change Science Program’. 2005]; and Jack Fellows (by phone) to offer a ‘former OMB’ perspective 12:30p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. Discussion Forum: Enhancing the Integration of Social, Behavioral, Economic (SBE) sciences into the USGCRP This session will focus on some key challenges facing the USGCRP and its member Agencies, for which SBE research/data are needed to help make progress. For each challenge, we will ask federal agency representatives to offer perspectives on their most critical needs, followed by responses from a few select experts, and then open discussion among all participants. For each topic we'd explore: the stakeholders who must grapple with this challenge; the SBE information, insights, and data already available for application; and priority needs for new SBE observations and research. For
- 2. 2|P a g e all topics, we should focus on real-world constraints and opportunities for making progress within the context of implementing the USGCRP’s strategic plan. Opening comments: why this session is needed, what we hope to accomplish. - USGCRP perspectives [Kathy Jacobs, Chris Weaver, others] - Committee perspectives [Kai Lee, Tom Dietz, Richard Moss] Challenge 1: More effectively integrating SBE information into scenarios used by the climate research community. What are some high-priority SBE research activities to advance the development of scenarios for use in climate change adaptation / mitigation decision-making? What data and analytical approaches (including models that integrate across human and natural systems) might improve the utility of scenarios in sustained assessment processes and for planning and decision making by federal agencies, officials, and their constituencies? 3:30 p.m. break 3:45 p.m. Challenge 2: Establishing valuation methods for climate change impacts and response measures. What valuation methods can federal agencies and decision makers use to more consistently assess the costs/benefits of different types of climate change impacts and adaptation and mitigation actions (or the choices not to undertake such actions)? How do we develop rigorous, efficient ways to quantify the costs of climate change impacts over various time horizons and under specific scenarios, and compare them to costs of mitigation and adaptation? 5:30 p.m. Reception/Dinner for committee and guests at the NAS Building 6:45 p.m. Shuttle Departs for Hotel Wednesday, July 25 *8:15am – Shuttle Departs from Hotel en route to NAS Building* OPEN SESSION (All Day) 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Meeting Room 9:00 a.m. Continue Social, Behavioral, Economic Sciences Discussion Forum Challenge 3: Improving communication with local/regional stakeholders. What communication tools, approaches, and institutions would help the federal agencies to effectively inform decisions at local and regional levels, including communication about the large uncertainties associated with many regional-level global change impacts. 10:30 a.m. break 10:45 a.m..wrap-up discussion - Consider cross-cutting issues not fully addressed in the topics above [e.g. SBE data and observations, research on decision-making under uncertainty] - Recap of ideas for practical next steps to be taken by the USGCRP: suggestions from committee members and guests; ideas and reactions from USGCRP representatives 12:00 p.m. Lunch
- 3. 3|P a g e [End of the USGCRP cmte meeting; Beginning of the NCA Review Panel meeting] 1:00 p.m. ‘Showstopper’ review of preliminary findings / conclusions of the 2013 National Climate Assessment report: briefing presentations from NCA leadership and lead authors 5:45 p.m. Shuttle Departs for Hotel 6:30 p.m. Working Dinner for the NCA review panel [at restaurant near hotel] Thursday, July 26 *8:15am – Shuttle Departs from Hotel en route to NAS Building* OPEN SESSION 8:30 a.m. Breakfast in Meeting Room 9:00 a.m. Continue NCA showstopper review: feedback from the Panel membersand open discussion. 12:00 p.m. Lunch CLOSED SESSION 1:00 p.m. Discussion among NCA Review Panel 2:30 p.m.Meeting adjourns