Editing National Climate Assessment (section)

===First National Climate Assessment (NCA1) 2000===
The First National Climate Assessment prepared by National Assessment Synthesis Team (NAST), entitled "Climate Change Impacts on the United States: the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change", was released in 2000.<ref name="NCA_2000"/> The report was a multidisciplinary effort to study and portray in regional detail the potential effects of human-induced global warming on the United States. The project was articulated into some 20 regional studies - each involving dozens of scientific and academic experts as well as representatives of industry and environmental groups.<ref name=USCCRP_assessments>{{citation|url=http://library.globalchange.gov/products/assessments?cat=8|title=Assessments|date=n.d.|publisher=USCCRP|location=Washington, DC}}</ref>