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OSTP Published Agency Guidance on Data in Climate Risk and Impact Assessments

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March 22, 2023

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OSTP released a guide for federal agency climate adaptation planners on Selecting Climate Information to Use in Climate Risk and Impact Assessment. The guide gave agencies a four-step process for selecting climate information for use in their climate risk and impact assessments. The plan emphasized both climate and non-climate stressors, including socioeconomic vulnerability, and recommended that agencies use CEQ’s Climate & Economic Justice Screening Tool to identify those stressors.