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The '''Climate Change Science Program''' (CCSP) was the program responsible for coordinating and integrating research on [[global warming]] by U.S. government agencies from February 2002 to June 2009.<ref>[http://www.climatescience.gov/infosheets/factsheet1/default.htm Climate Change Science Program] 2006. Overview of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program, Fact Sheet 1. Washington, D.C. (January)</ref> Toward the end of that period, CCSP issued 21 separate climate assessment reports that addressed [[Climate Change Science Program#Observations and causes of climate change|climate observations]], changes in the atmosphere, expected climate change, [[Climate Change Science Program#Effects and adaptation|impacts and adaptation]], and risk management issues. Shortly after President Obama took office, the program's name was changed to U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) which was also the program's name before 2002. Nevertheless, the [[Obama Administration]] generally embraced the CCSP products as sound science providing a basis for climate policy.<ref>(seeSee [[Climate Change Science Program#Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States|Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States]]).</ref> Because those reports were mostly issued after the [[IPCC Fourth Assessment Report|Fourth Assessment Report]] of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC), and in some cases focused specifically on the United States, they were generally viewed within the United States as having an importance and scientific credibility comparable to the IPCC assessments for the first few years of the Obama Administration.<ref> For example, see [http://epa.gov/climatechange/endangerment/downloads/Endangerment%20TSD.pdf Endangerment and Cause or Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act: Technical Support Document] 2009. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Washington, D.C. (December)</ref>

==The products==