PA11C:
Toward Effective Decision Maker-Scientist Interactions I


Session ID#: 8506

Session Description:
When climatic, hydrological, or geophysical risks threaten local communities, officials must make critical decisions that have a big influence on people’s lives and livelihoods. Increasingly, stakeholders are seeking insights from science to help make decisions about managing risk and climate impacts.  Yet, too often, information that scientists generate does not translate into something actionable, frustrating both scientists and decision makers.  How can we do this better?  This session will explore best practices in how to bridge the gap between climate science and application through improving interactions between scientists and decision makers, sometimes called “co-production of knowledge.”  We especially welcome contributions that share concrete examples of engagement from both science and decision maker perspectives - successes as well as frustrations.
Primary Convener:  Julie A Vano, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Conveners:  David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, United States, Theodore J Bohn, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Philip Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR, United States
Chairs:  David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, United States, Theodore J Bohn, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States and Philip Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Theodore J Bohn, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
4343 Preparedness and planning [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6344 System operation and management [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

A scientist’s guide to engaging decision makers (83223)
Julie A Vano, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
Embedding Climate Services (79704)
Mark Shafer1, Margret Boone1, Barry D Keim2 and Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Shrinking Sea Ice, Thawing Permafrost, Bigger Storms, and Extremely Limited Data – Addressing Information Needs of Stakeholders in Western Alaska Through Participatory Decisions and Collaborative Science. (75379)
Karen Anne Murphy, Organization Not Listed, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, AK, United States and Joel Reynolds, Western Alaska LCC, Anchorage, AK, United States
Actionable Science Lessons Emerging from the Department of Interior Climate Science Center Network (82881)
Gerard McMahon, USGS, Raleigh, NC, United States, Alison M Meadow, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Jessica Mikels-Carrasco, DJ Case & Associates, Mishawaka, IN, United States
Co-production of science for regional integrated assessment and management of climate change impacts: The case study of Aspen, CO (65754)
James C Arnott, Aspen Global Change Institute, Washington, DC, United States and John Katzenberger, Aspen Global Change Inst, Basalt, CO, United States
Global Change Drought in the Southwest: New Management Options (83905)
Bradley Hunt Udall, Colorado State University, Colorado Water Institute, Fort Collins, CO, United States and Jonathan T Overpeck, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Bridging the Gap Between Climate Science and Water-resource Applications (Invited) (74478)
Jeffrey Richard Arnold, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Climate Preparedness and Resilience Programs, Seattle, WA, United States, Martyn P Clark, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, Andrew W Wood, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Ethan D Gutmann, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, Bart Nijssen, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States and Levi D Brekke, Bureau of Reclamation, Research and Development, Denver, United States
Problems, Prescriptions and Potential in Actionable Climate Change Science – A Case Study from California Coastal Marsh Research (66647)
Glen M MacDonald1, Richard F Ambrose2, Karen Thorne3, John Takekawa4, Lauren N Brown2, Stacie Fejtek2, Mark Gold5 and Jordan Rosencranz1, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Vallejo, CA, United States, (4)National Audubon Society, Science Division, San Francisco, United States, (5)University of California Los Angeles, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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