“It's an incredible resource, but what makes it unique from other reports? Why is it so important and so difficult to easily replace? Why is it so widely viewed as a legitimate, credible, and salient resource?”

This episode of the OIC Answers podcast is a presentation from Dr. Meade Krosby, given as part of Commissioner Patty Kuderer’s Climate Education Series. Dr. Krosby — senior scientist with the University of Washington’s Climate Impacts Group, the director of the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, and a former author of the Northwest chapter of the National Climate Assessment — discusses what the National Climate Assessment covers, how it was established, and how it’s used by all levels of government, the private sector, and the public.

The Trump administration, however, dismissed all authors of the NCA in late April and the website hosting the report was removed in July, throwing the future of the report into limbo. Dr. Krosby’s presentation covers what could happen next, and why it’s important that the American public has the most up to date information on climate impact and responses.