National Forum on the Consequences of Global Change for the Nation, Washington, November 1997

随着人们对与气候多变性和气候变化有关的物理系统之间的动力学相互作用的了解不断增加，越来越多的注意力集中在需要更多地了解变化对人类和生态系统造成的后果。为了加强这一进程，参与美国全球变化研究计划(USGCRP)的机构已经启动了一项进程，该进程将导致对气候变化和变化的后果进行全国性评估。1997年早些时候举办了7个以区域影响为重点的讲习班。1997年11月12-14日，关于气候变化和变化后果的国家论坛将在美国国家科学院召开。该奖项为国家科学院/国家研究理事会提供支持，后者正在帮助举办国家论坛。预计将有600多人参加国家论坛。该奖项的资金由美国能源部代表USGCRP的所有机构提供。国家论坛是在1999年底之前对气候多变和变化的后果进行国家评估的进程中的关键一步。该论坛将继续从1997年早些时候开始的一系列区域讲习班开始的进程，并将加快将科学家与商界领袖、政府官员和普通公众聚集在一起的进程，从而加强科学知识对社会的服务。

As increased knowledge has been obtained about dynamics interactions among physical systems that are associated with climate variability and climate change, increased attention has focused on the need to increase understanding about the consequences of change on people and ecosystems. To enhance that process, the agencies participating in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) have initiated a process that will result in a national assessment of the consequences of climate variability and change. Seven workshops focusing on regional impacts were held earlier in 1997. On November 12-14, 1997, a National Forum on the consequences of climate variability and change will be convened at the National Academy of Sciences. This award provides support to the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council, which is helping to conduct the National Forum. More than 600 individuals are expected to participate in the National Forum. The funding for this award has been provided by the U.S. Department of Energy on behalf of all USGCRP agencies. The National Forum is a critical step in the process of conducting a national assessment of the consequences of climate variability and change by the end of 1999. The forum will continue a process that began with a series of regional workshops earlier in 1997, and it will accelerate the process of bringing scientists together with business leaders, government officials, and members of the general public, thereby enhancing the utility of scientific knowledge in service to society.