Description: This document is a draft of the Fifth National Climate Assessment. The peer review of the Fifth National Climate Assessment is being conducted by a review committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. More information the peer review committee can be found here: https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/review-of-the-draft-5th-national-climate-assessment#sectionCommittee
ID: ID450 Info. Type: HISA
Start date of Peer Review: 11/7/2022
Estimated Initial Dissemination Date: 11/7/2022
Actual Dissemination Date of peer review report and final work product: The peer review report was released in March, 2023. The final National Climate Assessment (work product) was published on November 14, 2023 at https://nca2023.globalchange.gov.
Contact Person: Dan Barrie, OAR, daniel.barrie@noaa.gov , (301) 734-1256
Review Type: Panel review of full report draft
Expected Number of Peer Reviewers: 18
Peer Reviewers will be selected by: National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Will the public, including scientific or professional societies, be asked to nominate potential peer reviewers? Yes
Will there be opportunities for the public to comment on the work product to be peer reviewed? Yes
How: The notice of availability of the document for public comment was published in the Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/11/10/2022-24611/availability-for-public-comment-on-the-draft-fifth-national-climate-assessment-nca5-united-states on November 10, 2022. The public comment period was provided on the draft report at that time. Any interested member of the public was able to log into the Review and Comment system, see the document, and submit any comment on any portion of the draft report.
When: Public comments will be due within 12 weeks of the publication of the public comment opportunity in the Federal Register
Will the agency provide significant and relevant public comments to the peer reviewers before they conduct their review? No
Primary disciplines or expertise needed in the review: Expertise in climate change and any related topics and issues.
Comments on Peer Review: Authors of the Fifth National Climate Assessment wrote responses to every peer review comment and every public comment (on both zero order drafts and third order drafts). Documentation of these responses are publicly available at https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/
Responses to every public comment received may be found at: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA5_Public-Comments-Author-Responses-TOD.pdf
Responses to the peer review report may be found at:
Narrative summary of response: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA5_Narrative-Response-to-NASEM-Review.pdf
Responses to each line comment: https://nca2023.globalchange.gov/downloads/NCA5_Author-Responses-to-NASEM.pdf