May 18th, 2011 - The NCADAC meetings page has been updated with a link to the agenda and documents for the May 20th meeting of the NCADAC. The agenda site will be updated with additional documents as they become available.
The meeting is scheduled for 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time. Public access will be available at the office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Conference Room A, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006.
For further information, please contact Dr. Cynthia Decker, Designated Federal Official, National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-713-1459, E-mail: Cynthia.decker@noaa.gov). Individuals planning to attend are requested to RSVP to Dr. Decker because space is limited at the venue.
Today NOAA released a new press release naming the governing panel for the National Climate Assessment development and advisory committee (NCADAC). Jerry Melillo has been named as the Chair, and Terese Richmond and Gary Yohe have been named as Vice chairs. For the full release, please see: http://www.noaanews.
noaa.gov/stories2011/20110511_
climateassessment.html. For the full list of governing panel members, as well as the full membership of the committee, please see: http://globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment/proposedfacmembers.
Federal Register Notice: "National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee; Notice of Open Public Meeting" pdf|html
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the DOC NOAA National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC).
The members will discuss and provide advice on issues outlined below.
Date and Time: The meeting is scheduled for: Friday, May 20, from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Conference call. Public access will be available at the office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, Conference Room A, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20006.
Please check the National Climate Assessment Web site for this information at http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment.
Consideration of white papers provided by ad hoc working groups on the subjects of:
The National Climate Assessment Interim Strategy, the NCA Draft Outline, and Federal Activities.
Engagement Strategy and Requests for Information.
Scenarios and Regional Summaries.
Peer Review, Data Management and Development of a NCA Portal.
For further information, please contact Dr. Cynthia Decker, Designated Federal Official, National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Board,
NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-713-1459, E-mail: Cynthia.decker@noaa.gov .)
Federal Register Notice: "National Climate Assessment Development and Advisory Committee; Notice of open public meeting" pdf|html
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a
forthcoming meeting of the DOC NOAA National Climate Assessment and
Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC).
The members will discuss and provide advice on issues outlined below.
Date and Time: The meeting is scheduled for: Friday, May 20, from 1-5 p.m. Eastern Time.
Conference call. Public access will be available at a location to be determined.
Please check the National Climate Assessment Web site for this information at http://www.globalchange.gov/what-we-do/assessment.
Consideration of white papers provided by ad hoc working groups on the subjects of:
The National Climate Assessment Interim Strategy, the NCA Draft Outline, and Federal Activities.
Engagement Strategy and Requests for Information.
Scenarios and Regional Summaries.
Peer Review, Data Management and Development of a NCA Portal.
For further information, please contact Dr. Cynthia Decker, Designated
Federal Official, National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory
Board,
NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910.
(Phone: 301-734-1156, Fax: 301-713-1459, E-mail:
Cynthia.decker@noaa.gov.)
On 29 March 2011, the White House announced that Dr. Thomas Armstrong will be the new Director of the newly created USGCRP National Coordination Office. Dr. Armstrong comes to the position having most recently served as the Senior
Advisor for Climate Change at the Department of the Interior, where he
was a key figure in the development of the Department’s
climate-change-related policies, organizational elements, and budget
strategies. He has also acted as the Vice Chair for Adaptation Science on the National Science and
Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Global Change Research (SGCR), the
steering body of the USGCRP. In this role, Dr. Armstrong has been an active
participant in the program’s restructuring and the drafting of the new
strategic plan and has worked to identify key priorities in the field of
adaptation research and oversee the seamless integration of these goals
into the larger evolving vision of the program. For the full White House announcement, see http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/29/strengthening-our-understanding-changing-planet.
