PA34A:
Toward More Effective Decision Maker-Scientist Engagement II

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Session ID#: 14769

Session Description:
Climate extremes, variability, and change and how these impact hydrological and ecological systems pose serious risks to society, risks that require critical decisions be made now to avoid future system failures. Scientists often see their responsibility as understanding what future changes will be, and then decision makers are responsible for using this information to take action. Unfortunately, rarely is it that simple. Too often there is a disconnect between the information generated by scientists and decisions being made. This session will explore how these gaps can be overcome. What do bridges between climate science and applications look like? How are these bridges built? We seek experiences that reveal the nature of actionable science and demonstrate ways knowledge can be co-produced to address climate change. We especially welcome concrete examples of processes or products that demonstrate better practices, or practices to avoid, when including climate science in decision making.
Primary Convener:  Julie A Vano, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Mr. David H Behar, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission and Practitioner Exchange for Effective Response to Sea Level Rise (PEERS), San Francisco, United States, Philip Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR, United States and Daniel B Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Daniel B Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Philip Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, Corvallis, OR, United States, Carolyn Enquist, USGS Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Sarah Close, NOAA Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Carolyn Enquist, USGS Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1807 Climate impacts [HYDROLOGY]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6344 System operation and management [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

How Philadelphia is Integrating Climate Science and Policy: Changing Capital Planning Processes and Developing Flood-Depth Tools (142468)
Brenda Dix1, Cassandra Bhat1, Anne Choate2, Angela Wong1, Susan Asam1 and Peter A Schultz3, (1)ICF International, Washington DC, United States, (2)ICF International, Washington, DC, United States, (3)ICF International, Fairfax, VA, United States
Piloting Utility Modeling Applications (PUMA): Planning for Climate Change at the Portland Water Bureau (Invited) (183659)
Edward Campbell and Kavita Heyn, Portland Water Bureau, Portland, OR, United States
Hydrological Modeling in the Bull Run Watershed in Support of a Piloting Utility Modeling Applications (PUMA) Project (150427)
Bart Nijssen1, Tzu-Hsin Chiao1, Dennis P. Lettenmaier2 and Julie A Vano3, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
Fostering Synergies Among Organizations to put Climate in Context for Use in Decision Making (Invited) (191948)
Gregg M Garfin, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, Adam Parris, CUNY Brooklyn College, Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY, United States, Kirstin Dow, University of South Carolina Columbia, CISA - Carolinas Integrated Sciences and Assessments, Columbia, SC, United States, Ryan Meyer, California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, CA, United States and Sarah Close, NOAA Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, MD, United States
From Ships in the Night to Exchanges in the Piazza: Renegotiating the Researcher-Stakeholder Nexus in Climate Adaptation (Invited) (193443)
Stephen T Jackson, USGS Southwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States
The neglected heart of science policy (revisited): Balancing knowledge and action in an age of science and technology (Invited) (125135)
Adam Scott Parris, Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay, Brooklyn, NY, United States and Daniel B Ferguson, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States

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