GC34D:
New Approaches to Sustained Climate Assessment in the U.S.: Progress, Collaborations across Scales, and Tools II

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Session ID#: 15653

Session Description:
As climate change impacts and consequences become more apparent, there is increased interest in assessing how these changes will affect communities and how society will respond. Public and private sector entities are undertaking climate-focused assessments at multiple scales in anticipation of decisions about adaptation, mitigation, and building resilience. Some city and state governments have well-established assessment mechanisms, while others are just beginning. Business and industry-focused efforts have aimed at assessing risk and improving planning processes. Nationally, the U.S. Global Change Research Program is preparing the Fourth National Climate Assessment and implementing a sustained assessment process that delivers topical reports and enables synthesis of new information and insights. This session will highlight recent progress across assessments and seek to understand how to better align efforts. Presentations will explore approaches, provide examples of successful capacity building, identify critical dependencies for information and collaboration across scales, and showcase assessment-relevant tools.
Primary Convener:  Fred Lipschultz, US Global Change Research Prog, Senior Scientist (Contractor), Washington D.C., DC, United States
Conveners:  Fred Lipschultz, US Global Change Research Prog, Senior Scientist (Contractor), Washington D.C., DC, United States and Emily Therese Cloyd, US Global Change Research Prog, Washington D.C., DC, United States
Chairs:  Emily Therese Cloyd, US Global Change Research Prog, Washington D.C., DC, United States and Fred Lipschultz, US Global Change Research Prog, Senior Scientist (Contractor), Washington D.C., DC, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Emily Therese Cloyd, US Global Change Research Prog, Washington D.C., DC, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4321 Climate impact [NATURAL HAZARDS]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

An Evolving Assessment Strategy: Sustaining Interactions with Users to Inform Planning and Decisionmaking (Invited) (179305)
Richard H Moss, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States
USGCRP’s Sustained Assessment Process: Progress to date and future plans (183669)
Benjamin Joseph DeAngelo1, David Reidmiller2, Fred Lipschultz1 and Emily Therese Cloyd3, (1)US Global Change Research Program, Washington D.C., DC, United States, (2)US Department of State, Washington, DC, United States, (3)National Climate Assessment, Washington, DC, United States
Partnerships in Support of a Sustained National Climate Assessment: a Reality Check (149983)
Katharine Jacobs, University of Arizona, Center for Climate Adaptation Science and Solutions, Tucson, United States and James Buizer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
The Climate Science Special Report (CSSR) of the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4) (185936)
Donald J Wuebbles, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC, United States, David W Fahey, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Kathy A Hibbard, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Cal-Adapt: California's Climate Data Resource and Interactive Toolkit (194700)
Nancy Thomas1, Shruti Mukhtyar1, Susan Wilhelm2, Brian Galey3 and Eric Lehmer3, (1)University of California Berkeley, Geospatial Innovation Facility, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)California Energy Commission, Sacramento, CA, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Geospatial Innovation Facility, Berkeley, United States
Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment: Building a Framework to Track Physical and Social Indicators of Climate Change Across Pacific Islands (186611)
Zena N Grecni, East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, United States and Victoria W Keener, Arizona State University, Pacific Research on Island Solutions for Adaptation (RISA), Tempe, AZ, United States
A Framework for Bridging Scientists, Knowledge Brokers and Local Decision Makers in State-level Climate Assessments (189193)
Julie L Nash, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States and Gillian L Galford, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States
Making the Third NCA Actionable: How the Third NCA is Being Used in the Field to Enhance Adaptive Capacity (153172)
Emily Wasley, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States

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