PA54A:
Governing Medium- to Long-Term Climate Risks: What Tools Do We Have? II

Friday, 19 December 2014: 4:00 PM-5:00 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:

4:00 PM
PA54A-01
 
Focusing Events and Constrains on Policy Addressing Long-Term Climate Change Risks
Kristin O'Donovan, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States
4:10 PM
PA54A-02
 
Near-Term Actions to Address Long-Term Climate Risk
Robert J Lempert, RAND, Santa Monica, CA, United States
4:20 PM
PA54A-03
 
Emergency Response and Long Term Planning: Two sides of the Coin for Managing Water Resources
Karen Metchis, Environmental Protection Agency Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and Nancy Beller-Simms, Sectoral Applications Research Program (SARP), NOAA Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States
4:30 PM
PA54A-04
 
Governing Long-Term Risks in Radioactive Waste Management: Reversibility and Knowledge Transfer Across Generations
Markku Lehtonen, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1, United Kingdom
4:40 PM
PA54A-05
 
The American Climate Prospectus: a risk-centered analysis of the economic impacts of climate change
Amir Jina1, Trevor Houser2, Solomon M Hsiang3, Robert E Kopp III4, Michael Delgado2, Kate Larsen2, Shashank Mohan2, DJ Rasmussen2, James Rising5, Paul S Wilson6 and Robert Muir-Wood6, (1)Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, (2)Rhodium Group, Oakland, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Rutgers University New Brunswick, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (5)Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY, United States, (6)Risk Management Solutions, London, United Kingdom
4:50 PM
PA54A-06
 
Beyond Quarterly Earnings: Preparing the Business Community for Long-term Climate Risks
Christina Carlson, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States and Gretchen T Goldman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC, United States
 
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