The Nation urgently needs a suite of expanded and enhanced Federal climate services to provide timely, easy-to-find, and understandable climate information and resources. A more nationally coherent approach to climate services is necessary to meet the diversity of user needs, coordinate across the Federal enterprise alongside non-Federal partners, and ensure users, including disadvantaged and underserved communities, are centered in this work.

This session highlights a recently released Federal Framework and Action Plan for Climate Services from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. The plan clarifies the understanding of the scope of climate services across the Federal Government, provides an initial framework for coordinating Federal agencies through the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and identifies specific actions that can be taken to build a more effective system of climate services for the Nation. This session will also highlight how Federal agencies are already enhancing and expanding climate services to meet the needs of communities and decision makers across the Nation. Through the vigorous and sustained implementation of these actions, the Federal Government, along with non-Federal partners, will be well-positioned to inform and support actions that address climate variability and change.