Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate
National Research Council / Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education / Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change / Panel on Strategies and Methods for Climate-Related Decision Support
Everyone--government agencies, private organizations, and individuals--is facing a changing climate: an environment in which it is no longer prudent to follow routines based on past climatic averages. State and local agencies in particular, as well as the federal government, need to consider what they will have to do differently if the 100-year flood arrives every decade or so, if the protected areas for threatened species are no longer habita...