Climate in Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation [Hardcover]

Society is increasingly affected by climate impacts, from prolonged water shortages to damaging coastal floods and wildfires. Scientists studying climate variations are eager to have their knowledge used in adaptive decision making. To achieve this, science and society must engage productively around complex management and policy challenges. For over 20 years, the science-society interface has been fertile ground for the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) programs sponsored by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.?
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Climate in Context describes what it takes to help scientists and stakeholders work together to co-produce climate science knowledge, policy, and action. This state-of-the art synthesis reflects on lessons learned by RISA programs, and provides a sober assessment of the challenges ahead. Through case studies from various US regions, this book provides lessons and guidance for organizations and individuals who want to work at the science-society interface on a range of climate challenges.

List of contributors vii

Foreword xiii

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxiii

Background on RISA xxv

Section I: Understanding context and risk

1 Assessing needs and decision contexts: RISA approaches to engagement research 3
Caitlin F. Simpson, Lisa Dilling, Kirstin Dow, Kirsten J. Lackstrom, Maria Carmen Lemos and Rachel E. Riley

2 Understanding the user context: decision calendars as frameworks for linking climate to policy, planning, and decision-making 27
Andrea J. Ray and Robert S. Webb

3 Climate science for decision-making in the New York metropolitan region 51
Radley Horton, Cynthia Rosenzweig, William Solecki, DalCÌ