Reframing climate change assessments around risk: recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment

Weaver, C. P.; Moss, Richard H.; Ebi, Kristie L.; Gleick, Peter H.; Stern, Paul C.; Tebaldi, Claudia; Wilson, Robyn S.; Arvai, J. L.

doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aa7494

Title: Reframing climate change assessments around risk: recommendations for the US National Climate Assessment

Journal Article · Fri Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Environmental Research Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7494 · OSTI ID:1393755

Weaver, C. P. ^[1]; Moss, Richard H. ^[2]; Ebi, Kristie L. ^[3]; Gleick, Peter H. ^[4]; Stern, Paul C. ^[5]; Tebaldi, Claudia ^[6]; Wilson, Robyn S. ^[7]; Arvai, J. L. ^[8]

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.

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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, Journal Name: Environmental Research Letters Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 12; ISSN 1748-9326

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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