The U.S. Global Change Research Program: History and organization

The U.S. government has been proactively seeking solutions to the growing concern with issues relating to global change through several initiatives. A major global change initiative in 1993 supported by both President Clinton and Vice President Gore was announced with the release of the U.S. Climate...

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Published in:Library hi tech 1995-01, Vol.13 (1/2), p.11-25
Main Authors: Heyman, Berna L., French, James C., Bull, Glen L., Bretherton, Francis P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Information
Environmental Issues
Federal Government
Federal Programs
GCDIS
Global Change
Global Change Data and Information System
Historical Background
Information Management
Information Retrieval
Information Systems
Information work
Library Role
Program Implementation
Prototypes
Public Agencies
Research Projects
Scientific and Technical Information
United States Global Change Research Program
USGCRP
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Summary:The U.S. government has been proactively seeking solutions to the growing concern with issues relating to global change through several initiatives. A major global change initiative in 1993 supported by both President Clinton and Vice President Gore was announced with the release of the U.S. Climate Change Action Plan. The objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000. At that time, President Clinton also committed his administration to begin actively working on negotiations of international agreements on desertification and forestry. President Clinton's Earth Day announcement on 21 April 1993 stated,
ISSN:0737-8831
2054-166X
DOI:10.1108/eb047942