Evaluating knowledge to support climate action: A framework for sustained assessment. Report of an independent advisory committee on applied climate assessment
Autor: | Jo Smith, Maria Carmen Lemos, Paul Kirshen, Susan K. Avery, Rae Zimmerman, Katharine L. Jacobs, R. Kreutter, Ann Marie Chischilly, D. Zarrilli, Terese (T. C.) Richmond, Bilal M. Ayyub, Rajul Pandya, Peter Fleming, J. Fox, A. Ganguly, Amy McGovern, Kim Knowlton, Susan Julius, Ryan Meyer, Andrew D. Jones, J. Dell, Maxine Burkett, K. Baja, Philippe Tissot, J. Whitehead, J. Snyder, Gary W. Yohe, K. Geil, Lynn Scarlett, Richard H. Moss, J. Koh, James E. Neumann, Anne Waple, Lucas Joppa, Missy Stults, William Solecki, Jerry M. Melillo |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Advisory committee 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Climate prediction Societal impacts Planning Policy Action (philosophy) Preparedness Political science North America MD Multidisciplinary Damages Risk assessment Resilience (network) Environmental planning Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
Zdroj: | Weather, Climate, and Society, vol 11, iss 3 |
Popis: | As states, cities, tribes, and private interests cope with climate damages and seek to increase preparedness and resilience, they will need to navigate myriad choices and options available to them. Making these choices in ways that identify pathways for climate action that support their development objectives will require constructive public dialogue, community participation, and flexible and ongoing access to science- and experience-based knowledge. In 2016, a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) was convened to recommend how to conduct a sustained National Climate Assessment (NCA) to increase the relevance and usability of assessments for informing action. The FAC was disbanded in 2017, but members and additional experts reconvened to complete the report that is presented here. A key recommendation is establishing a new nonfederal “climate assessment consortium” to increase the role of state/local/tribal government and civil society in assessments. The expanded process would 1) focus on applied problems faced by practitioners, 2) organize sustained partnerships for collaborative learning across similar projects and case studies to identify effective tested practices, and 3) assess and improve knowledge-based methods for project implementation. Specific recommendations include evaluating climate models and data using user-defined metrics; improving benefit–cost assessment and supporting decision-making under uncertainty; and accelerating application of tools and methods such as citizen science, artificial intelligence, indicators, and geospatial analysis. The recommendations are the result of broad consultation and present an ambitious agenda for federal agencies, state/local/tribal jurisdictions, universities and the research sector, professional associations, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, and private-sector firms. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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