U13A:
Climate Literacy: The National Climate Assessment as a Resource for Decision Making and Education at Multiple Scales

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Tamara S Ledley, TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States and Emily Cloyd, National Climate Assessment / USGCRP, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Conveners:  Tamara S Ledley, TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States
Co-conveners:  Fred Lipschultz, US Global Change Research Prog, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Emily Cloyd, National Climate Assessment / USGCRP, Washington, DC, United States and Frank Niepold III, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Tamara S Ledley, TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
Introductory Remarks
1:50 PM
U13A-01
 
Risky Business and the American Climate Prospectus: Economic Risks of Climate Change in the United States"
Kate Gordon1, Trevor Houser2, Robert E Kopp III3, Solomon M Hsiang4, Kate Larsen2, Amir Jina5, Michael Delgado2, Robert Muir-Wood6, DJ Rasmussen7, James Rising8, Michael Mastrandrea9 and Paul S Wilson10, (1)Next Generation, San Francisco, CA, United States, (2)Rhodium Group, Oakland, CA, United States, (3)Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (4)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (6)Risk Management Solutions, Inc., Newark, CA, United States, (7)ENVIRON International Corporation Novato, Novato, CA, United States, (8)Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, United States, (9)Carnegie Institution, Millbrae, CA, United States, (10)Risk Management Solutions, London, United Kingdom
2:08 PM
U13A-02
 
Making the connection: Federal efforts on climate change and health
John M. Balbus, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States
2:26 PM
U13A-03
 
The U.S. EPA’s Climate Change Adaptation Plans and the Nation Climate Assessment
Suzanne Marr, Environmental Protection Agency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States and John Kemmerer, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, Los Angeles, United States
2:44 PM
U13A-04
 
The National Climate Assessment: A Treasure Trove for Education, Communications and Outreach
Mark McCaffrey1, Minda Berbeco1, Rachel Connolly1, Frank Niepold III2, Kristen L I Poppleton3, Emily Cloyd4 and Tamara S Ledley5, (1)National Center for Science Education, Oakland, CA, United States, (2)NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (3)Will Steger Foundation, Minneapolis, MN, United States, (4)National Climate Assessment / USGCRP, Washington, DC, United States, (5)TERC, Cambridge, MA, United States
3:02 PM
U13A-05
 
NASA and the National Climate Assessment: Promoting awareness of NASA Earth science
Allison K Leidner, NASA Headquarters, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC, United States
3:20 PM
 
Panel Discussion
 
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