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National Research Council Report: Guidance Needed from Government Agencies for Pending Climate Change. By Randolph E. Schmid, AP, March 12, 2009. "Despite years of study and analysis, the world is unprepared for climate change and needs to rethink basic assumptions that govern things as varied as choosing cars and building bridges, the National Research Council reports [Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate, PDF summary, 17 pp]. Current building, land use and planning practices assume a continuation of climate as it has been known in the past. 'That assumption, fundamental to the ways people and organizations make their choices, is no longer valid,' the Council, the working arm of the National Academy of Sciences, said in a report released Thursday... Government agencies need to step up their efforts to provide guidance to decision makers, including the establishment of a national climate service, the report said."