U.S. Global Change Research Program
American federal government agency
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| July 1 2025 | The Trump administration closed down the globalchange.gov website, which had been hosting five legislatively mandated reports on the state of the climate. |
| January 2025 | The Trump administration shut down the National Nature Assessment program and removed its information from the website, leading to the creation of the independent United By Nature Initiative by non-federal authors. |
| 2024 | The program added a Subcommittee on Climate Services to integrate climate research into usable services for the nation. |
| December 4 2023 | Dr. Arati Prabhakar officially named the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as the 15th member of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). |
| November 14 2023 | Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5), titled 'The Fifth National Climate Assessment', was released. |
| 2022 | Published the U.S. Global Change Research Program 2022–2031 Strategic Plan, focusing on providing useful, accessible, and inclusive data about a rapidly changing environment. The plan was developed by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research with input from Federal agencies, the public, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. |
| 2021 | The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) created the National Nature Assessment (NNA) to evaluate U.S. lands, waters, wildlife, and their impacts on economy, health, climate, environmental justice, and national security. |
| November 23 2018 | Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Volume 2, titled 'Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States', was released. |
| October 2017 | Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) Volume 1, titled 'Climate Science Special Report' (CSSR), was released. |
| 2014 | Third National Climate Assessment (NCA3) published, titled 'Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States'. |
| 2012 | Developed the National Global Change Research Plan covering the 2012-2021 period, continuing the program's strategic planning efforts. |
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