GC22A:
Coupled Human–Natural Systems and Global Environmental Change: Innovative Interdisciplinary Approaches II


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Session ID#: 59111

Session Description:
Understanding the complex interactions among human and natural systems is essential for informing sustainable responses to global environmental changes. This session focuses on innovative approaches for developing predictive understanding of coupled human-Earth system dynamics across spatial and temporal scales. This could include, for example, interactions across the energy-water-land nexus, the influence of extreme events on critical infrastructure systems, connections between climate and human activities, or feedbacks associated with population dynamics and human health. Approaches for simulating these and related interactions range from global models that account for a large number of processes at fairly coarse resolution, to coupled modeling frameworks that focus on a particular subset of systems with high process fidelity. New methods for exchanging information across sectors and scales, as well as data and approaches for calibrating and validating these modeling approaches, are a key research need.
Primary Convener:  Erwan Monier, University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jessica Gephart, American University, Washington, DC, United States, Jory S Hecht, University of Vermont, Vermont EPSCoR, Burlington, United States and Deeksha Rastogi, Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erwan Monier, University of California Davis, Land, Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Chairs:  Jory S Hecht, University of Vermont, Vermont EPSCoR, Burlington, United States, Mallory Ladd, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, Charles Rouge, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom and Katherine V Calvin, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Richland, WA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Erwan Monier, University of California Davis, Land, Air & Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Index Terms:

1622 Earth system modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Impacts on Maize and Wheat Crops of Alternative Warming Scenarios (Invited) (353058)
Claudia Tebaldi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States and David B Lobell, Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science & Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford, United States
Identifying multi-sectoral climate and vulnerability hotspots in the world’s major river basins (Invited) (429374)
Edward Byers1, Jury Balkovic2, Peter Burek3, Matthew Gidden1, Peter Greve1, Petr Havlik1, Nils Anders Johnson1, Mohamed Kahil1, Volker Krey4, David Leclere1, Shonali Pachauri1, Amanda Palazzo2, Simon Parkinson1, Yusuke Satoh1, Yoshihide Wada3, Barbara Willaarts1, Astrid Hillers5, Simon Langan1, Nebojsa Nakicenovic1 and Keywan Riahi1, (1)IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, (2)IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program, Laxenburg, Austria, (3)International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, (4)IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Energy, Climate, and Environment, Laxenburg, Austria, (5)The Global Environment Facility, Washington D.C., United States
Designing Effective Deforestation Policies in Food Supply Chains (Invited) (368093)
Rachael Garrett, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Boston, MA, United States
Understanding the Response of a Future Electric Grid in California to Climate Change Impacts on Building Energy Demand (394680)
Brian Tarroja1, Felicia Chiang1, Amir AghaKouchak2, Scott Samuelsen1, Shuba V Raghavan3, Max Wei4, Kaiyu Sun4 and Tianzhen Hong5, (1)University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Irvine, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Irvine, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (4)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Building Technology and Urban Systems Division, Berkeley, CA, United States
Multidimensional Poverty, Aspirations, and the Diversification of Agricultural Livelihoods (444444)
Julie Silva, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States
Archetypical pathways of deforestation and population displacement caused by large-scale land acquisitions in Cambodia (408283)
Nicholas Magliocca, University of Alabama, Department of Geography, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Ariane C de Bremond, Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Evan A Ellicott, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States and Quy Van Khuc, University of Alabama, Department of Geography, Tuscaloosa, United States
The Domestic and International Implications of Future Climate for U.S. Agriculture (397538)
Abigail Snyder1, Katherine V Calvin2, James Edmonds3, Page Kyle4, Alan V Di Vittorio5, Marshall A Wise6, Pralit L Patel1 and Leon E Clarke6, (1)Joint Global Change Research Institute, College Park, United States, (2)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Joint Global Change Research Institute, Richland, WA, United States, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), College Park, United States, (5)Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, United States, (6)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, College Park, United States

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