The Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force has published its progress report today. It's fairly short and has some pretty strong lines. It opens with "[t]he impacts of climate change already are being felt across the United States and the entire world."
The Task Force is made up of five workgroups - science, agency process, water resource management, insurance, and international assistance. The focus is primarily on the need for a cross-government, cross-society approach in adapting to climate impacts.
The goals of the interagency work include:
- forming recommendations toward a national adaptation strategy
- integrating climate change resilience and adaptive capacity into Federal government operations
- broadening the understanding of vulnerability to climate impacts
The Progress Report highlights the work already being done within a number of agencies. However, there are still significant gaps. The final report, due in October 2010, is expected to address these challenges in much greater detail.
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