Facilitating climate change responses : a report of two workshops on knowledge from the social and behavioral sciences / Paul C. Stern and Roger E. Kasperson, editors.

"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 dec...

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Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences
Other Authors: Stern, Paul C., 1944-
Kasperson, Roger E.
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2010], ©2010.
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Physical Description:xii, 162 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Also available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press.
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"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."
Note:"Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies."
Call Number:QC903 .F33 2010
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146).
ISBN:0309160324
9780309160322
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Also available online in Open Book format via the National Academies Press.