To assist with climate change adaptation (helping our society adapt to a climate changed world), as the designated government repository for a "climate service," NOAA, in conjunction with the Council on Environmental Quality should develop administrative protocols to collect data on climate changed altered environments from all reliable sources, including but not limited to local, state, federal, and tribal agencies.  It should also develop protocols for the dissemination of this data to those that will have to make decisions on future resource protection and allocation (particularly state and local governments).

NOAA and CEQ could start by directing all federal agencies to consider creating protocols to formally cooperate and share information with other federal agencies, state and local government, and tribes on expected local changes in the environment. Much information is currently fragmented, and if agencies had a formal procedure for continually consulting with other agencies with information, relevant information will get dispersed more quickly and effectively.

There are resources available to assist in development of such protocols, including the Interagency Environmental Cooperation Program at the Center for Law, Environment, Adaptation, and Resources (CLEAR) at the University of North Carolina's School of Law in Chapel Hill.