By Adam S. Parris, Dr. Gregg M. Garfin, Professor Kirstin Dow, Dr. Ryan Meyer, Dr. Sarah L. Close
Society is more and more stricken by weather affects, from lengthy water shortages to harmful coastal floods and wildfires. Scientists learning weather diversifications are wanting to have their wisdom utilized in adaptive determination making. to accomplish this, technology and society needs to interact productively round advanced administration and coverage demanding situations. For over two decades, the science-society interface has been fertile floor for the local built-in Sciences and checks (RISA) courses backed by means of the U.S. nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Climate in Context describes what it takes to aid scientists and stakeholders interact to “co-produce” weather technology wisdom, coverage, and motion. This state-of-the artwork synthesis displays on classes discovered by means of RISA courses, and gives a sober evaluation of the demanding situations forward. via case stories from a variety of US areas, this ebook offers classes and assistance for enterprises and people who are looking to paintings on the science-society interface on various weather demanding situations.
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Does not provide an opportunity to query the specific data or information in which the participant is interested. , handout, online tool). , tribal representatives) or is less accustomed to working via email/internet. Rates of return can be very low, especially if there is not a previous relationship with potential respondents. 1 Pros and cons of formal methods applied to understanding context research questions. , can be referred to again and again); unobtrusive (avoid stakeholder fatigue). Can provide background and baseline understanding of decision context and stakeholder concerns.
1). 1 Types of questions applied to understanding context. Q1. What is the existing decision-making context with respect to climate? a. What decisions are climate sensitive? How sensitive? b. What are the time frames in which climate-sensitive decisions are made? After this suite of questions, there is often a decision point as to whether to ask directly about needs (Q4) or to ask about the constraints to using climate or scientific information more broadly (Q2 and Q3). The answer depends on the decision-makers and their context.