The National Climate Assessment

The National Climate Assessment
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The National Climate Assessment
The United States recognizes that ongoing climate change could pose a significant risk to its economy and disrupt the nation’s stability. As a result, it has established a coordinated system that enables it to constantly observe and track the climate change impacts in all the nation’s regions. This approach ensures that the stakeholders remain updated with the changing climatic patterns. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) (2018) indicates that the country achieves this objective through the National Climate Assessment program, which provides a comprehensive report about the diverse elements of climate change and their interaction with the American population, systems, and economies every four years. This report has remained invaluable in meeting various structural and preparedness-related purposes for different players in transformative ways.
The National Climate Assessment by the U.S. is an important report with far-reaching impacts on the country’s wellness. According to the U.S. Global Change Research Program (2018), a mandated program through a 1990 act called the Global Change Research requires the organization to submit a comprehensive climate change-related report to the President and Congress within a specified duration. Such information assists the government in streamlining its policies and planning for appropriate stabilization measures to protect its people from adverse outcomes. In this context, the fundamental purpose of this report arises from the fact that it covers critical components that comprise the USGCRP findings, a thorough analysis of the global change effects on the environment, energy use and production, the agricultural sector, water and land, and transportation niche (U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2018). It also assesses the social systems, human welfare, and biological diversity. Its capacity to chart climatic trends also confirms its importance because it alerts the government and other stakeholders about likely changes. As a result, the assessment is critical for assisting stakeholders in adopting appropriate decisions by public health experts, natural resources and utility administrators, emergency planners, and strategists (U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2018). Thus, it keeps the United States alert to any climate change-related eventuality.
USGCRP recognizes that climate change affects all sectors in diverse ways. For instance, the communities suffer from adverse weather conditions and destabilized systems, the economy faces increasing losses to property and infrastructure, and the agricultural sector is grappling with extreme draughts and flooding (U.S. Global Change Research Program, 2018). The health sector is facing increasing risks for water and airborne outbreaks, ecosystems face looming destabilization, while coasts and oceans are suffering from acidification, rising temperatures, and erosion due to rising sea levels. Moreover, climate change challenges the tourism sector with unpredictable and harsh weather patterns.
The awareness of climate change st...