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

Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  James M Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada, Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Brian C O'Neill, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Primary Conveners:  James M Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Co-conveners:  Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, 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 Liaisons:  Kent Peacock, Univ of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
GC43E-01
 
Our Globe Vs. Our Brain: Modeling and Understanding the Climate Vs. Human Cognition.
Stephan Lewandowsky, University Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
1:55 PM
GC43E-02
 
Improving Communication About Potentially Catastrophic Risks of Climate Change
Robert Edward Thomas Ward, London School of Economics, London, WC2A, United Kingdom and Nicholas H Stern, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom
2:10 PM
GC43E-03
 
Quantifying Climate Change Impacts on Infrastructure: Three Case Studies
Anne Marie K Stoner and Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
2:25 PM
GC43E-04
 
Sink or Swim: Adapting to the Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change
Peter Henry Gleick, Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA, United States
2:40 PM
GC43E-05
 
Recent advances in research on climate and human conflict
Solomon M Hsiang, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States
2:55 PM
GC43E-06
 
Scientists Are from Mars, Laypeople Are from Venus: An Evidence-Based Approach to Consensus Messaging
John Cook1,2, Peter Jacobs3 and Dana Nuccitelli2, (1)Skeptical Science, Brisbane, Australia, (2)Global Change Institute, St Lucia, Australia, (3)George Mason University Fairfax, Environmental Science and Policy, Fairfax, VA, United States
3:10 PM
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"
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
3:25 PM
GC43E-08
 
Paper 5944 Changing Climates @ Colorado State: It’s Everybody’s Business
SueEllen Campbell1,2, John Calderazzo1,2, Scott Denning1,3, Michele Betsill1,4, Julia A Klein1,5 and Mark Fiege1,6, (1)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (2)Dept. of English, Fort Collins, United States, (3)Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (4)Dept of Political Science, Fort Collins, United States, (5)Dept of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Fort Collins, United States, (6)Dept of History, Fort Collins, United States
 
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