As part of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, Congress was mandatory That every four years, the government must have a national overview of climate. The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the changing state of our knowledge about the process and its effects on our environment. Past verses have been comprehensive and includes the work of hundreds of scientists, who are all connected by the US World Transformation Research Program.
It is unclear what the next report will be like. After two weeks Cut Funding For an organization that connects report productionThe Trump administration has apparently informed all the authors working on it that their services are no longer needed.
The diagnosis of national climate has generally been like a small scale version of IPCC reports, which is focusing more on the impact in the United States. This is a very detailed look at the state of climate science, the effects of warming on the United States and our efforts to restrict warming and deal with these effects. Various agencies and local governments have used it to help the plan for the expected impact of our warming climate.
But past versions are also stuck in politics. The first Trump administration inherited a report Almost complete; That chose Hurry in the report on Friday after Thanksgiving, Prospect It will be largely ignored. The administration did not start work on the later report. As a result, the Biden administration developed A generally detailed report, But it was done A little behind the schedule.
The Biden team also started preparation for the next report (sixth in the series), which will need to be completed by 2028, according to the law. As a result, Trump’s second administration inherited a process that was underway. But in early April, the government canceled agreements with an external consulting firm that harmonizes the Global Change Research Program and provides temporary staff to complete the report. This raised questions as to whether the report could be legally completed in the timeline.