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. Ed(S): Jacobs, Katharine; Moser, Susanne; Buizer, James - The US National Climate Assessment. Innovations in Science and Engagement.  - 9783319418018 - V9783319418018
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The US National Climate Assessment. Innovations in Science and Engagement.

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Description for The US National Climate Assessment. Innovations in Science and Engagement. Hardback. Editor(s): Jacobs, Katharine; Moser, Susanne; Buizer, James. Series: Springer Climate. Num Pages: 207 pages, 11 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RND; RNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 479.

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 content perspective. The U.S. Global Change Research Program is required by law to produce a National Climate Assessment report every four years, and these reports provide a comprehensive evaluation of climate science as well as observed and projected climate impacts on a variety of sectors.  

As the book describes, a key contribution of the NCA3 approach ... Read more

Readers may explore innovations such as the development of regional climatologies and projections for every region of the US, as well as the development of the Global Change Information System. The book also highlights the need for decision-makers to be part of the assessment process, in order for assessment findings to be truly useful from a decision-maker's perspective. Many lessons have been learned by the NCA3 authors that can be useful in future assessments and adaptation processes, both within the US and internationally. This book passes on such lessons and includes an evaluation of the role of state climate assessments in ongoing national assessment processes.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
Series
Springer Climate
Number of Pages
201
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319418018
SKU
V9783319418018
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