Led by the Carbon Cycle Interagency Working Group (CCIWG) as a special report of the Sustained National Climate Assessment, the 2^nd State of the Carbon Cycle Science Report (SOCCR-2) is due to be published in late 2017. The report focuses on the advances in the scientific understanding of changes and impacts in U.S. and North American carbon cycle stocks and fluxes in managed and unmanaged systems since the last decade. Carbon stocks and fluxes in soils, water (including oceans), vegetation, aquatic-terrestrial interfaces (coastal/ estuaries/ wetlands), human settlements, agriculture, forestry etc. are included. In response to and as discussed in the White House Climate Action Plan (2013), the US Carbon Cycle Science Plan (2011), the USGCRP 2012-2021 Strategic Plan and the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of 1990, relevant carbon management science perspectives and support tools for supporting decisions are incorporated across the report. During this special session, CCIWG members and other SOCCR-2 team members (federal and non-federal scientists) will provide an overview of the report and an update on its development and production. This will also be an opportunity for the ESA community to engage the SOCCR-2 team in discussing opportunities for disseminating SOCCR-2 to maximize its utility and benefit for scientific and educational purposes.