Global Change Research Program, a White House Office of Management and Budget official said it would be “premature to speak to final funding levels prior to the full budget in mid-May.” Requests for comment to the federal climate program were not returned. U.S. regions are already preparing for climate change. “I think that there is a general unease in government about the future of global change research,” Hiers said. They ask communities to provide them with particular case studies of places that are being harmed by climate change or places that are innovating in their way of adapting to it. “What I can tell you, this report, and the actions that are being taken to write it are being required by law,” answered Chris Avery, a contractor with the Global Change Research Program.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2017 21:26 UTC