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This consensus study committee will consider approaches to understanding and assessing drought in the United States. This review will encompass data sources, metrics, and indicators for characterizing drought in the context of changing drought baselines and trends. The committee will recommend a framework for incorporating non-stationarity considerations into drought assessment in a changing climate, for use across a range of geographic regions and of spatial and temporal scales and to inform decision-making for short-term risk management and long-term adaptation.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #8
- November 19, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #6
- November 13, 2025
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #7
- November 13, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #5
- November 5, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #4
- October 22, 2025
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #3
- October 20, 2025
- 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup Meeting #2
- October 16, 2025
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
Drought Data Users and Decision Makers: Information Gathering Session 3
- October 14, 2025
- 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
In this public information gathering session, the committee will gather perspectives on how drought assessment is incorporated into decision making. Drought decision-makers and users of drought inform...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup meeting #1
- October 8, 2025
- 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Chapter framing and planning discussion.
Drought Study Information Gathering: Perspectives from the Interstate Council on Water Policy
- September 25, 2025
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This is an open information gathering session with input from the Interstate Council on Water Policy. Please contact Dominique Jenkins (djenkins@nas.edu) for information on participation in this meeti...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Committee Meeting 3
- September 25 - 26, 2025
- Meeting
- Past
The study committee will meet in closed session to consider information received during public information gathering sessions, to deliberate on the statement of task, and to advance work on the consen...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Drought Metrics and Indicators - subgroup planning meeting
- September 22, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
A subgroup of the committee will meet to plan of this upcoming information gathering session.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Non-Stationarity Subgroup Planning
- September 19, 2025
- 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Sub-group meeting to contribute to planning discussion around nonstationarity in the September committee meeting.
Drought and Non-stationarity: Information Gathering Session 2
- August 26, 2025
- 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
In this public information gathering session, the committee will invite perspectives on its statement of task components related to drought and non-stationarity, which may include: discussions of exis...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Information gathering 2, Planning session 2
- August 18, 2025
- 4:00 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Closed planning session to finalize details (agenda, speakers, questions) for information gathering session #2 on drought and nonstationarity. Event page: Drought and Non-stationarity Information Gath...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Information Gathering 3, Planning Session 1
- August 15, 2025
- 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Closed planning session to discuss goals and questions for information gathering session #3 on drought data users and decision-makers.
The Future of Drought in the United States Subgroup: Data Sources Discussion
- August 15, 2025
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Small group discussion of drought data sources.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Meeting 3 planning #1
- August 12, 2025
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Sub-group meeting to contribute to planning for the September committee meeting, with a focus on the provisional report outline.
The Future of Drought in the United States: Information gathering 2, Planning session 1
- August 8, 2025
- 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
Closed committee planning session for Information Gathering Session 2 on Nonstationarity, to discuss topics, speakers, and agenda. Event page: Drought and Non-stationarity Information Gathering Sessio...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Committee Meeting #2
- July 15, 2025
- 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
July 15, 1:30-4pm (Eastern): Public Information Gathering Session: Intermediary Data Providers for Drought Information. This session provides an opportunity for the study committee to hear from interm...
The Future of Drought in the United States: Subgroup Planning for Info Gathering Session
- June 20, 2025
- 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
The Future of Drought in the United States: Committee Meeting #1
- May 27, 2025
- 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM (ET)
- Meeting
- Past
This is the first committee meeting of a consensus study looking at approaches to understanding and assessing drought in the United States. In this open session, the committee will discuss the study's...
The Future of Drought in the United States Committee: Meeting #1a
- May 9, 2025
- 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM (ET)
- Closed
- Meeting
- Past
This meeting will serve as the initial discussion on conflict of interest, balance, and composition for members of the consesus study, The Future of Drought in the United States.