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A 2007 NRC review<ref>[http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11934 Evaluating Progress of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Methods and Preliminary Results, 2007]</ref> was more critical. "Discovery science and understanding of the climate system are proceeding well, but use of that knowledge to support decision making and to manage risks and opportunities of climate change is proceeding slowly." The NRC was particularly critical of the program's failure to engage stakeholders or advance scientific understanding of the impacts of climate change on human well-being. Looking to the future of the program, a 2008 NRC report<ref>[http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12595 Restructuring Federal Climate Research to Meet the Challenges of Climate Change]</ref> put forward a set of research recommendations very similar to that embodied in the CCSP Strategic Plan revision of 2008.
The Climate Change Scientific Program was occasionally criticized for the alleged suppression of scientific information. In March 2005, [[Rick S. Piltz]] resigned from CCSP charging political interference with scientific reports: "I believe ...that the administration … has acted to impede forthright communication of the state of climate science and its implications for society." Piltz charged that the Bush Administration had suppressed the previous [[National Assessment on Climate Change]], by systematically deleting references to the report from government scientific documents.<ref>[http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=9884 Lowball Warming] Chris Mooney, ''American Prospect'', June 20, 2005</ref> Piltz later complained about political tinkering with the timing of [[Climate Change Science Program#Effects on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems (SAP 4.6)|SAP 4.6]],<ref name="USAT1"/> and suppression of sea level rise mapping studies associated with [[Climate Change Science Program#Coastal sensitivity to sea level rise (SAP 4.1)|SAP 4.1]].<ref>[http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/index.php/csw/details/rising_sea_rising_trouble_for_mid-atlantic/ Feds: Climate change to cause 'irreversible' health risks], [[Rick Piltz]] and Anne Polansky, ''Climate Science Watch'', June 10, 2009</ref>
==See also==
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