U007
Fifth National Climate Assessment: Updates and Opportunities for the AGU Community

Session ID#: 161480

Session Description:
The Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) is currently being developed, with an open public comment period expected to run concurrently to AGU 2022. The National Climate Assessment is the preeminent source of climate information for the United States. Led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), the report captures current knowledge on climate science, impacts, and responses to climate change across the Nation, with the goal of supporting decision-making from a range of sectors. 

In this union session, NCA5 authors will present the current status of their chapters, including lessons learned from public engagement workshops, what is new since NCA4, and how the report highlights cross-cutting themes. USGCRP leadership will outline opportunities for the AGU community to engage in the development of NCA5 as well as next steps in the report development process. All will engage with participants through a panel and open discussion at the end of the session.

Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Christopher William Avery, US Global Change Research Program, Washington D.C., DC, United States
Conveners:  Allison Crimmins, US Global Change Research Program, Washington D.C., United States and Allyza Lustig, US Global Change Research Program, Contractor, Washington D.C., DC, United States
 
Beyond Data and Into Experience: Leading a Regional Chapter for the NCA5 (Invited) (1091044)
Jeremy S Hoffman, The Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, United States
 
Physical Science in the Fifth National Climate Assessment (Invited) (1120842)
Kate Marvel, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, Leung Ruby, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, Wenying Su, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Yorktown, VA, United States and Adam J Terando, US Geological Survey, Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, Raleigh, NC, United States
 
Climate Change Impacts on the Natural World (Invited) (1147602)
Grant M Domke, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, St. Paul, United States, Christine May, Pathways Climate Institute, San Francisco, United States, Pamela McElwee, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, United States, Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States, Peter E Thornton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Climate Change Science Institute and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, Shawn L Carter, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, Christopher J Fettig, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Albany, CA, United States, Emily Osborne, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, Silver Spring, United States, Mark S. Osler, NOAA, Senior Advisor for Coastal Inundation and Resilience, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Bradley Reed, USGS Land Change Science Program, Reston, VA, United States and George Z Xian, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Sioux Falls, ISAB, Sioux Falls, United States
 
Social Sciences in the Fifth National Climate Assessment (Invited) (1175999)
Ariela Zycherman, NOAA, Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, United States and Caitlin Simpson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, United States
 
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Responses in the Fifth National Climate Assessment (Invited) (1202895)
Emily Wasley, San Francisco, CA, UNITED STATES
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