GC43E:
Climate Change: Impacts, Resilience, Vulnerability, Adaptation, and Mitigation II

Session ID#: 3666

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
3004 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  James Michael Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada, Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Brian C O'Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Convener:  James Michael Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Geography and Environment, Lethbridge, Canada
Co-conveners:  Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Brian C O'Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
OSPA Liaison:  Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ED - Education
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • PA - Public Affairs
Index Terms:

0850 Geoscience education research [EDUCATION]
1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4332 Disaster resilience [NATURAL HAZARDS]
4353 Sociology of disasters [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Virtual Option?: Yes
Swirl Theme: Global Change: Science Literacy, Societal Impacts, and Response Strategies

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

GC43E-01
Our Globe Vs. Our Brain: Modeling and Understanding the Climate Vs. Human Cognition. (Invited) (6400)
Stephan Lewandowsky, University Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8, United Kingdom
GC43E-02
Improving Communication About Potentially Catastrophic Risks of Climate Change (21533)
Robert Edward Thomas Ward, London School of Economics, London, WC2A, United Kingdom and Nicholas H Stern, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
GC43E-03
Quantifying Climate Change Impacts on Infrastructure: Three Case Studies (Invited) (5902)
Anne Marie K Stoner, Texas Tech University, Climate Science Center, Lubbock, TX, United States and Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, Climate Center, Lubbock, TX, United States
GC43E-04
Sink or Swim: Adapting to the Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change (Invited) (6221)
Peter Henry Gleick, BS, MS, PhD, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, United States
GC43E-05
Recent advances in research on climate and human conflict (Invited) (27634)
Solomon M Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, Berkeley, United States
GC43E-06
Scientists Are from Mars, Laypeople Are from Venus: An Evidence-Based Approach to Consensus Messaging (Invited) (8262)
John Cook1,2, Peter Jacobs3 and Dana Nuccitelli2, (1)Skeptical Science, Brisbane, Australia, (2)Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia, (3)George Mason University, Environmental Science and Policy, Fairfax, VA, United States
GC43E-07
Applying the Science of Science Communication to Climate Change and Clean Energy: Lessons Learned from the NSF- and PBS-supported “Earth: The Operators’ Manual" (Invited) (16584)
Geoffrey Haines-Stiles1, Erna Akuginow1 and Camellia Sanford2, (1)GHSPi/Passport to Knowledge, Jersey City, NJ, United States, (2)Rockman etal, San Francisco, CA, United States
GC43E-08
Paper 5944 Changing Climates @ Colorado State: It’s Everybody’s Business (Invited) (5944)
SueEllen Campbell1,2, John Calderazzo1,2, A Scott Denning3,4, Michele Betsill1,5, Julia A Klein1,6 and Mark Fiege1,7, (1)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Dept. of English, Fort Collins, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (5)Dept of Political Science, Fort Collins, United States, (6)Dept of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, United States, (7)Dept of History, Fort Collins, United States
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