The US National Climate Assessment Innovations in Science and Engagement

This book offers valuable climate policy and climate assessment lessons, depicting what it takes to build a sustained climate assessment process. It explores the third U.S. National Climate Assessment (NCA3) report as compared with previous US national climate assessments, from both a process and co...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jacobs, Katharine (Editor), Moser, Susanne (Editor), Buizer, James (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Series:Springer Climate
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • The Third US National Climate Assessment: Innovations in Science and Engagement
  • Building Community, Credibility and Knowledge: the Third US National Climate Assessment
  • Building a Sustained Climate Assessment Process
  • Engagement in the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment: Commitment, Capacity, and Communication for Impact
  • Innovations in Science and Scenarios for Assessment
  • Innovations in Information Management and Access for Assessments
  • Building an Integrated U.S. National Climate Indicators System
  • Climate Change Impacts on Ecosystems and Ecosystem Services in the United States: Process and Prospects for Sustained Assessment
  • Engagement with Indigenous Peoples and Honoring Traditional Knowledge Systems
  • The Third National Climate Assessment’s Coastal Chapter: the Making of an Integrated Assessment
  • Assessing Decision Support Systems and Levels of Confidence to Narrow the Climate Information “Usability Gap”
  • Innovations in Assessment and Adaptation: Building on theUS National Climate Assessment
  • U.S. National Climate Assessment Gaps and Research Needs: Overview, the Economy and the International Context
  • Aspirations and Common Tensions: Larger Lessons from the Third US National Climate Assessment