Global Climate Change: Climate Science
USAID uses climate change science to inform Agency strategies for addressing climate change in developing and transitional countries, while building the capacity within these countries to contribute to, and make use of, advances in climate change science. USAID supports international research activities to advance climate change science, to understand the effects of climate change and variability, and to build local scientific capacity. Capacity building efforts include supporting the creation of regional networks of scientists and institutions in developing countries that collaborate on climate change research, assess impacts of vulnerabilities to climate change, and provide information to policymakers.
USAID is involved in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), which coordinates and integrates U.S. federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society. USAID also supports long-term research partnerships between U.S. universities, developing-country research institutions, U.S. agribusiness, and private voluntary organizations through Collaborative Research Support Programs (CRSPs). The research conducted through CRSPs often has climate change implications. For example, a new CRSP will investigate ways to help livestock keepers adapt to climate change.
USAID has also provided support for Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change (AIACC), a global initiative developed in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Program and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and funded by the Global Environment Facility to advance scientific understanding of climate change vulnerabilities and adaptation options in developing countries. AIACC aims to enhance the scientific capacity of developing countries to assess climate change vulnerabilities and adaptations and generate and communicate information useful for adaptation planning and action.
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