PA51C:
Governing Medium- to Long-Term Climate Risks: What Tools Do We Have? I Posters

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Rachael Shwom, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Robert E Kopp III, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Primary Conveners:  Rachael Shwom, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Co-conveners:  Robert E Kopp III, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Rachael Shwom, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Using Integrated Assessment Models to Estimate the Economic Damages from Temperature Related Human Health Effects in the US
Elisabeth Gilmore1, Katherine V Calvin2, Robin Puett3, Amir Sapkota3 and Adria Schwarber4, (1)University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Policy, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Joint Global Change Research Institute, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, MD, United States
 
Scenarios to prioritize observing activities on the North Slope, Alaska in the context of resource development, climate change and socio-economic uncertainties
Olivia Astillero Lee1, Hajo Eicken1, John F Payne2 and Dennis Lassuy2, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)North Slope Science Initiative, Anchorage, AK, United States
 
MANAGING RISKS? EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
Zinta Amanda Zommers, ASHA MUTENYO Sitati and Mushfig Habilov, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
 
Obstacles to adaptation decisions in the developing world: A case study of coastal protection measures and sea-level rise in Kiribati
Simon D Donner and Sophie Webber, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
Group Poster Discussion 10 am to 11 am
 
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