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.
1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Part I: Public Understanding and Mitigation of Climate Change; 4 1 Public Understanding of Climate Change; 5 2 The Potential for Limiting Climate Change Through Household Action; 6 3 Public Acceptance of Energy Technologies; 7 4 Organizational Change and the Greening of Business; 8 Part II: Adapting to Climate Change; 9 5 Climate Change Adaptation: The State of the Science; 10 6 Federal Climate Change Adaptation Planning; 11 7 Place-Based Adaptation Cases; 12 8 Adaptation and Natural Resource Management; 13 9 Cross-Cutting Issues in Adaptation; 14 10 Synthesis of Key Questions for the Workshop; 15 References; 16 Appendix A: December 2009 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; 17 Appendix B: April 2010 Workshop Agenda and List of Participants; 18 Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
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and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, Committee on A Research Strategy for Ocean-based Carbon Dioxide Removal and Sequestration
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National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, Phase 2 Committee on the Assessment of Technologies for Improving Fuel Economy of Light-Duty Vehicles
and Medicine National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Space Studies Board, Committee on the Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Daniel Druckman, Oran R. Young, Paul C. Stern
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Environmental Change and Society, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, James L. Sweeney, Robert H. Socolow, Vernon W. Ruttan, Thomas Dietz, Paul C. Stern
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Elke U. Weber, Susan Stonich, Paul C. Stern, Nives Dolšak, Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, and International Studies Center for Economic, Governance, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Social and Behavioral Science Research Priorities for Environmental Decision Making, Paul C. Stern, Garry D. Brewer
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National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Confidentiality Issues Arising from the Integration of Remotely Sensed and Self-Identifying Data, Paul C. Stern, Myron P. Gutmann
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Design Issues for the NOAA Sectoral Applications Research Program, Paul C. Stern, Helen M. Ingram
National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Panel on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making, Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz