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The USDA
Global Change Program Office (GCPO) operates within the Office of the
Chief Economist and functions as the Department-wide coordinator of
agriculture, rural and forestry-related global change program and policy
issues facing USDA. The Office ensures that USDA is a source of objective,
analytical assessments of the effects of climate change and proposed
mitigation strategies. The Office also serves as USDA's focal point for
climate change issues and is responsible for coordinating activities with
other Federal agencies, interacting with the legislative branch on climate
change issues affecting agriculture and forestry, and representing USDA on
U.S. delegations to international climate change discussions.
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The U.S.
Carbon Cycle Science Program (CCSP) is an interagency partnership that
draws on the expertise and ongoing research in seven agencies, with the
objective of developing a whole-system predictive capability for the
global carbon system. The ultimate goal is to provide integrated estimates
of carbon sources and sinks, with a focus in FY 2000 on implementing
activities to determine the magnitude, location, and cause of the North
American terrestrial sink. The program will develop the understanding of
how sinks might be enhanced and how they might change in the future,
information that is of critical importance to potential decisions to
manage the carbon system.
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