PA13A:
Climate Services Research and Development: Adapting to Climate Today I


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Session ID#: 57705

Session Description:
The United Nations estimates that by 2030, between $60 and $182 billion will be needed each year for adaptation globally. However, counties of all economic status are not adapted to current climate variability. Society is impacted by climate now and must better adapt and manage climate today, not just focus on climate expectations at the end of the century. The Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) was established to address climate-related risks across timescales, for specific socio-economic sectors. These efforts can be informed and advanced by focused collaboration across disciplines and national borders. For this session, we invite presentations on the challenges and opportunities associated with the design, implementation, and evaluation of projects that bring climate information into real world decisions. We particularly welcome presentations that highlight methods and processes by which the needs, opportunities, and gaps in climate information and knowledge are identified and incorporated in climate services development.
Primary Convener:  Lisa M Goddard, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Conveners:  James Buizer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Lisa Vaughan, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lisa M Goddard, International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Palisades, NY, United States
Chairs:  Lisa M Goddard, International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Palisades, NY, United States and Lisa Vaughan, NOAA Ocean and Atmospheric Research, College Park, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Lisa M Goddard, International Research Institute for Climate & Society, Palisades, NY, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

1616 Climate variability [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1637 Regional climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]
6329 Project evaluation [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Bridging the Gaps between Science, Society and Policy: Institutional Innovations for Maximizing the Use of Climate Services in Coastal Bangladesh (355118)
Saleh Ahmed and James Buizer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Adopting an Engaged, Holistic Approach to Identifying Climate Change Adaptation Needs in Localized Environments: A Blueprint for Interdisciplinary Success Between the Sciences and Social Sciences (394494)
Jessica Eise, Purdue University, Brian Lamb School of Communication, West Lafayette, IN, United States and Natalie White, Purdue University, Brian Lamb School of Communication, West Lafayette, United States
Climate service warnings: Cautions about producing and commercializing climate science for adaptation in the developing world (414807)
Simon D Donner, University of British Columbia, Department of Geography, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sophie Webber, University of Sydney, Geosciences, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Kieran Findlater, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada and Milind Kandlikar, University of British Columbia, IRES, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Climate Services for Clean Energy (Invited) (437447)
Llorenç Lledó1, Isadora Jiménez1, Andrea Manrique-Suñén1, Verónica Torralba1, Nube González Reviriego1, Francisco J. Doblas-Reyes1,2 and Albert Soret1, (1)Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain, (2)Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain
Bridging the methodological divide: A mixed methods approach for climate information service design, monitoring, and evaluation (448743)
Edward R. Carr, Sheila Navalia Onzere and Helen M Rosko, Clark University, Humanitarian Response and Development Lab, Worcester, MA, United States
Developing new watershed-based climate forecast products for water managers (449493)
Sarah Ann Baker, Bureau of Reclamation, Boulder, CO, United States, Andrew W Wood, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Balaji Rajagopalan, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering and CIRES, Boulder, United States, Flavio Lehner, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States and Peitao Peng, Climate Prediction Center College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Assessing the Association between ENSO and Entomological Inoculation Rates in Kenya and Tanzania using ENACTS to Inform Malaria Prevention and Control Interventions (456102)
Niloofar Ganjian, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, Madeleine C Thomson, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Aisha Owusu, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Impacts of Climate Information on Coffee Farms in Jamaica (465462)
Malgosia Madajewicz, Columbia University of New York, Center for Climate Systems Research, The Climate School, New York, United States, Elizabeth Johnson, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Kingston, Jamaica and Zack Guido, Climate Assessment for the Southwest, Tucson, United States
Climate Information Services for Adaptation: What Does it Mean to Know the Context? (467907)
Zack Guido, University of Arizona, Arizona Institute for Resilience, Tucson, United States and Chris Knudson, University of Arizona, Institute of the Environment, Tucson, United States
Communicating the risk of a changing climate upon health to local policy makers in Maryland (468053)
Sutyajeet Soneja1, Amir Sapkota2, Chengsheng Jiang2, Allison Gost3 and Clifford Mitchell4, (1)American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, (2)University of Maryland College Park, School of Public Health, College Park, MD, United States, (3)Maryland Department of Health, Baltimore, United States, (4)Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore, MD, United States

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