Reframing climate change assessments around risk: recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment
Journal Article
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· Environmental Research Letters
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Triangle Park, NC (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), College Park, MD (United States)
- Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
- Pacific Institute, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Social and Environmental Research Institute, Northampton, MA (United States)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO (United States)
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Climate change is a risk management challenge for society, with uncertain but potentially severe outcomes affecting natural and human systems, across generations. Managing climate-related risks will be more difficult without a base of knowledge and practice aimed at identifying and evaluating specific risks, and their likelihood and consequences, as well as potential actions to promote resilience in the face of these risks. Here, we suggest three improvements to the process of conducting climate change assessments to better characterize risk and inform risk management actions.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USEPA
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 1393755
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-127975
- Journal Information:
- Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 12, Issue 8; ISSN 1748-9326
- Publisher:
- IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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