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    Evaluating knowledge to support climate action: A framework for sustained assessment. report of an independent advisory committee on applied climate assessment.

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    2019-05-21
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    Moss, Richard H.  Concept link
    Avery, Susan K.  Concept link
    Baja, Kristin  Concept link
    Burkett, Maxine  Concept link
    Chischilly, Ann Marie  Concept link
    Dell, Janet  Concept link
    Fleming, P. A.  Concept link
    Geil, Kerrie L.  Concept link
    Jacobs, Katharine L.  Concept link
    Jones, Alan H.  Concept link
    Knowlton, Kim  Concept link
    Koh, Jay  Concept link
    Lemos, Maria Carmen  Concept link
    Melillo, Jerry M.  Concept link
    Pandya, Rajul  Concept link
    Richmond, Terese  Concept link
    Scarlett, Lynn  Concept link
    Snyder, Jared  Concept link
    Stults, Melissa  Concept link
    Waple, Anne  Concept link
    Whitehead, Jessica  Concept link
    Zarrilli, Daniel  Concept link
    Ayyub, Bilal M.  Concept link
    Fox, James  Concept link
    Ganguly, Auroop  Concept link
    Joppa, Lucas  Concept link
    Julius, Susan  Concept link
    Kirshen, Paul  Concept link
    Kreutter, Rebecca  Concept link
    McGovern, Amy  Concept link
    Meyer, Ryan  Concept link
    Neumann, James  Concept link
    Solecki, William  Concept link
    Smith, Joel  Concept link
    Tissot, Philippe  Concept link
    Yohe, Gary  Concept link
    Zimmerman, Rae  Concept link
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    Citable URI
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/24313
    As published
    https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0134.1
    Related Material/Data
    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/24392
    DOI
    10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0134.1
    Keyword
     North America; Climate prediction; Planning; Policy; Risk assessment; Societal impacts 
    Abstract
    As states, cities, tribes, and private interests cope with climate damages and seek to increase preparedness and resilience, they will need to navigate myriad choices and options available to them. Making these choices in ways that identify pathways for climate action that support their development objectives will require constructive public dialogue, community participation, and flexible and ongoing access to science- and experience-based knowledge. In 2016, a Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) was convened to recommend how to conduct a sustained National Climate Assessment (NCA) to increase the relevance and usability of assessments for informing action. The FAC was disbanded in 2017, but members and additional experts reconvened to complete the report that is presented here. A key recommendation is establishing a new nonfederal “climate assessment consortium” to increase the role of state/local/tribal government and civil society in assessments. The expanded process would 1) focus on applied problems faced by practitioners, 2) organize sustained partnerships for collaborative learning across similar projects and case studies to identify effective tested practices, and 3) assess and improve knowledge-based methods for project implementation. Specific recommendations include evaluating climate models and data using user-defined metrics; improving benefit–cost assessment and supporting decision-making under uncertainty; and accelerating application of tools and methods such as citizen science, artificial intelligence, indicators, and geospatial analysis. The recommendations are the result of broad consultation and present an ambitious agenda for federal agencies, state/local/tribal jurisdictions, universities and the research sector, professional associations, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, and private-sector firms.
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    Author Posting. © American Meteorological Society, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of American Meteorological Society for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Weather Climate and Society 11(3), (2019):465-487, doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-18-0134.1.
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    Moss, R. H., Avery, S., Baja, K., Burkett, M., Chischilly, A. M., Dell, J., Fleming, P. A., Geil, K., Jacobs, K., Jones, A., Knowlton, K., Koh, J., Lemos, M. C., Melillo, J., Pandya, R., Richmond, T. C., Scarlett, L., Snyder, J., Stults, M., Waple, A. M., Whitehead, J., Zarrilli, D., Ayyub, B. M., Fox, J., Ganguly, A., Joppa, L., Julius, S., Kirshen, P., Kreutter, R., McGovern, A., Meyer, R., Neumann, J., Solecki, W., Smith, J., Tissot, P., Yohe, G., & Zimmerman, R. (2019). Evaluating knowledge to support climate action: A framework for sustained assessment. report of an independent advisory committee on applied climate assessment. Weather Climate and Society, 11(3), 465-487
     

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