Facilitating Climate Change Responses - A Report of Two Workshops on Knowledge from the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Paperback)

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, understanding the need for policy makers at the national level to entrain the behavioral and social sciences in addressing the challenges of global climate change, called on the National Research Council to organize two workshops to showcase some of the decision-relevant contributions that these sciences have already made and can advance with future efforts. The workshops focused on two broad areas: (1) mitigation (behavioral elements of a strategy to reduce the net future human influence on climate) and (2) adaptation (behavioral and social determinants of societal capacity to minimize the damage from climate changes that are not avoided). Facilitating Climate Change Responses documents the information presented in the workshop presentations and discussions. This material illustrates some of the ways the behavioral and social sciences can contribute to the new era of climate research. Table of Contents Front Matter Introduction Part I: Public Understanding and Mitigation of Climate Change 1 Public Understanding of Climate Change 2 The Potential for Limiting Climate Change Through Household Action 3 Public Acceptance of Energy Technologies 4 Organizational Change and the Greening of Business Part II: Adapting to Climate Change 5 Climate Change Adaptation: The State of the Science 6 Federal Climate Change Adaptation Planning 7 Place-Based Adaptation Cases 8 Adaptation and Natural Resource Management 9 Cross-Cutting Issues in Adaptation 10 Synthesis of Key Questions for the Workshop References Appendix A: December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants Appendix B: April 2010 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	National Research Council • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change • Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Editors:	Roger E. Kasperson • Paul C Stern
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 0mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	174
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-16032-2
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming
LSN:	0-309-16032-4
Barcode:	9780309160322

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