Reinstate the National Climate Assessment | Science

In April, the Trump administration dismissed all authors working on the sixth National Climate Assessment (NCA) and canceled funding for the US Global Change Research Program (1)—the federal agency charged with coordinating the report. For more than three decades, the NCA has drawn on the best available science to understand how climate change affects every region of the country and every sector of the US economy. Government agencies and communities across the US depend on the report for nonpartisan, reliable information about escalating risks. Defunding the NCA undermines the nation’s ability to prepare for global changes that affect the economy, public health, infrastructure, and national security while exacerbating risks for future generations (2).