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Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Paul C. Stern and Roger E. Kasperson, Editors; Panel on Addressing the Challenges of Climate Change Through the Behavioral and Social Sciences; National Research Council ISBN: 0-309-16033-2, 174 pages, 6 x 9, (2010) This free PDF was downloaded from: http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12996.html Visit the National Academies Press online, the authoritative source for all books from the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Research Council: • Download hundreds of free books in PDF • Read thousands of books online, free • Sign up to be notified when new books are published • Purchase printed books • Purchase PDFs • Explore with our innovative research tools Thank you for downloading this free PDF. 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Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12996.html FACILITATING CLIMATE CHANGE RESPONSES A R E P O R T O F T W O W O R K S H O P S O N K N O W L E D G E F R O M T H E S OCI A L A N D B E H A VIO ra L S CIENCES Paul C. Stern and Roger E. Kasperson, Editors 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 Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12996.html THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS 500 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001 NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Govern- ing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineer- ing, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropri- ate balance. This project was supported by Grant No. 2008-2146­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­. Supportofthework Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change is provided by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommen- dations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not neces- sarily reflect the views of the sponsor. 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Cicerone and Dr. Charles M. Vest are chair and vice chair, respectively, of the National Research Council. www.national-academies.org Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12996.html Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12996.html PANEL ON ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ROGER E. KASPERSON (Chair), George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University RICHARD N. ANDREWS, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina MICHELE M. BETSILL, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University STEWART J. COHEN, Adaptation and Impacts Research Section, Environment Canada, and Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia THOMAS DIETZ, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University ANDREW J. HOFFMAN, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University LOREN LUTZENHISER, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Portland State University SUSANNE C. MOSER, Susanne Moser Research and Consulting, Santa Cruz, California GARY W. YOHE, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University PAUL C. STERN, Study Director LINDA DePUGH, Administrative Assistant v Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Facilitating Climate Change Responses: A Report of Two Workshops on Insights from the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12996.html COMMITTEE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL CHANGE 2010 RICHARD H. MOSS (Chair, 2010-), Joint Global Change Research Institute, University of Maryland THOMAS J. WILBANKS (Chair, 2004-2010), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee RICHARD N. ANDREWS, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ANTHONY BEBBINGTON, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University WILLIAM U. CHANDLER, Transition Energy, Annapolis, Maryland ROBERT CORELL, Global Environmental and Technology Foundation, Grasonville, Maryland KRISTIE L. EBI, Technical Support Unit, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California ANN KINZIG, Department of Biology, Arizona State University, Tempe MARIA CARMEN LEMOS, School of Natural Resources and Environment, University
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