Engagement in the Third U.S. National Climate Assessment: commitment, capacity, and communication for impact

Climatic Change

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 39-54

  Cloyd, Emily ^a,b   Moser, Susanne C ^c,d   Maibach, Edward ^e   Maldonado, Julie ^f   Chen, Tinqiao ^g  

^a ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b University Corporation for Atmospheric Research   (United States)

^c Susanne Moser Research and Consulting   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

^e GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; ASSESSMENT PROCESS; CLIMATE ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKERS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; HUMAN CAPITALS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; CONNECTIVITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXPERT SYSTEM; NATIONAL PLANNING; STAKEHOLDER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84959154275     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1568-y     Document Type: Article

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