Review of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's synthesis and assessment product 5.2, "Best practice approaches for characterizing, communicating, and incorporating scientific uncertainty in climate decision making" / Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Division on Earth and Life [Studies], National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program's Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Climate Change Science Program (U.S.)--Evaluation.

Climate Change Science Program (U.S.).

Climatic changes--Risk assessment.

Climatic changes.

Climatology--Research--United States--Evaluation.

Climatology.

Communication in science--Evaluation.

Communication in science.

Communication in the environmental sciences--Evaluation.

Communication in the environmental sciences.

Communication of technical information--Evaluation.

Communication of technical information.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (63 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

"Best practice approaches for characterizing communicating, and incorporating scientific uncertainty in climate decision making"

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This report reviews the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (TM)s new draft assessment product on characterizing and communicating uncertainty information for climate change decision making, one of 21 climate change assessment products that the program is developing to meet the requirements of the 1990 Global Change Research Act. Although the draft assessment is effective in discussing methods of characterizing uncertainty, it falls short in several ways. It is written for researchers involved in assessment efforts and will likely be of use to them, but does not address other key audiences, particularly policymakers, decision-makers, and members of the media and general public. In addition, it does not assess the full range of "best practice approaches" for characterizing, incorporating, and communicating uncertainty. These weaknesses were due in part to a change in the prospectus after the process had begun to include new target audiences and a different scope of work. It will take a substantial revision of the current draft or production of a companion document, both requiring additional authors, to address these issues.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Major Overarching Comments

3 Additional Overarching Comments

4 Review of Individual Chapters

REFERENCES

A CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Products

B Prospectus for Synthesis and Assessment Product 5.2

C Committee and Staff Biographies

D STATEMENT OF TASK.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610764334

9780309179850

0309179858

9781280764332

1280764333

9780309105712

0309105714

OCLC:

191662468