Special Issue of Climatic Change

Special Issue of Climatic Change

Buizer/Jacobs/Moser Eds.

1/25/15 Outline

(Bold titles = Preliminary titles of individual papers; Roman numerals are separate sections within the special issue; authors in red are expected to be the corresponding lead authors on each paper)

Introduction to this Special Issue: Jacobs, Buizer and Moser

Guest commentary, Jane Lubchenco

I.  The Role of Climate Assessments in Learning and Knowing: Kathy Jacobs and James Buizer (Univ Arizona);

II.  Innovations in Assessment Processes

·  Assessment and Adaptation – Kathy Jacobs and Mark Howden (CSIRO)

·  Innovations in Engagement: Participation and Communication

Emily Cloyd, USGCRP; Susanne C. Moser, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting and Stanford University; Gregg Garfin, University of Arizona; Ed Maibach, George Mason University

·  Building a Sustained Assessment Process –James Buizer, Kirstin Dow

(U. S. Carolina), Mary Black (Univ. Arizona), Anne Waple (Second Nature), Richard Moss (U Md), Kathy Jacobs, TC Richmond, Dave Gustafson (IAS), Amy Luers (Skoll), Sharon Hays (CS),

III.  Partnerships for Managing Risk – Gregg Garfin, University of Arizona, CLA; Adam Parris, NOAA; Melissa Finucane, Rand Corporation; Emily Cloyd, USGCRP; Eileen Shea, NOAA.

IV.  Innovations in Integrated and Inter-disciplinary Assessment

·  Innovations in Science and Scenarios for Assessment – Ken Kunkel, NOAA-CICS; Richard Moss, University of Maryland; Adam Parris, NOAA Innovations in Information Management and Access for Assessments – Anne Waple, Second Nature; Ken Kunkel, NOAA-CICS; Sarah Champion (NOAA-CICS);

·  Adventures in Integrated Coastal Assessment –Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Consulting; Margaret Davidson, NOAA; Laura Petes, NOAA-OSTP Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services – Nancy Grimm, Arizona State University; Peter Groffman, Cary Institute; Michelle Staudinger, USGS; Heather Tallis, The Nature Conservancy

·  Learning from Indigenous Peoples – Julie Maldonado, Bull Bennett, Nancy Maynard, Bob Gough, Kathy Lynn, Karletta Chief, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, Karen Cozzeto, Garret Voggesser

·  Building an Integrated National Climate Indicator System – Melissa Kenney, University of Maryland; Tony Janetos, Boston University; Derek Arndt, NOAA; Robert Chen, Columbia University, Ainsley Lloyd, University of Maryland; Rebecca Aicher, EPA; Allison Breeder, University of Maryland; Richard Pouyat, US Forest Service; Omar Malik, University of Maryland Decision Support, Confidence and Certainty – Richard Moss, University of Maryland;

·  U.S. National Climate Assessment gaps and research needs: Overview, the economy and international context – Diana Liverman, University of Arizona

IV.  Lessons Learned: A Window into Assessments of the Future – Kathy Jacobs, (Univ Arizona); Jerry Melillo (MBL), James Buizer (Univ Arizona); Suzanne Moser, (Susanne Moser Research and Consulting); Richard Moss (Univ of Maryland);

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