National Academies to Host Climate Change Conference

At the request of Congress, a two-day summit on "America’s Climate Choices" will be held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., on March 30 and 31. 

Top climate change experts will meet with members of Congress and the Obama administration, as well as with business leaders and representatives of nongovernmental organizations, to set the stage for national action on climate change.

To that end, they will focus on how to limit the magnitude of climate change and adapt to its impact. They will also consider what can be done to advance climate change science in order to increase our understanding of how human actions and nature interact to drive climate change; improve systems for modeling and observing climate change; and enhance the accuracy of warnings for regions that may be most vulnerable. 

Organizers of the summit hope that it will kick-start an open dialogue among important voices on climate change as the country and world grapple with what to do next. Presentations at the summit also will inform a series of reports from the National Research Council. 

More than 90 experts have volunteered to serve on four study panels, and the project will culminate with an overarching committee report on how the U.S. could most effectively respond to climate change.

Members of the public are invited to submit input on the questions and content to be considered by the panels. Go to the link below and select a panel to suggest questions for the study to address or to submit literature or opinion pieces to be considered during the study process.