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Appendix A: Workshop Agenda
Pages 75-80

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... The Program has conducted three such assessments and intends to develop a sustained assessment process. This workshop is designed to address a key issue for NCAs: providing information about climate-related hazards, risks, and opportunities in formats that are understandable, credible, and useful to decision makers in their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience to climate change in the regions or sectors for which they are responsible.  AGENDA March 23 8:30 am Welcome, introductions, workshop background, and objectives Richard Moss, Chair, Board on Environmental Change and Society Joseph Arvai, University of Michigan, Workshop Planning Committee Chair 75
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...  raming climate change risks to enhance effective F communication Robyn Wilson, Ohio State University 11:30 am 5.  haracterizing risk-based tradeoffs to support climate C change decisions Robin Gregory, University of British Columbia
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... Southwest NCA3 Chapter 20 -- Southwest Moderator: Kristie Ebi, University of Washington Gregg Garfin, University of Arizona Bradley Udall, Colorado State University Jonathan Overpeck, University of Arizona 3:00 pm Break 3:15 pm Panel 2: Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal Regions NCA3 Chapter 25 -- Coasts Moderator: Claudia Tebaldi, National Center for Atmospheric Research Robin Gregory, University of British Columbia Susanne Moser, Independent Consultant Margaret Davidson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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... Environmental Protection Agency 10:45 am General Discussion: Key Risk-Related Topics for the National Climate Assessments Moderator: Richard Moss, Joint Global Change Research Institute Key Topics: 1. Best Practices for Characterizing Risks 2.
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...  omments from organizing committee members: Baruch C Fischhoff, Carnegie Mellon University; Chris Weaver, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2.
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Key Terms

  • characterizing risk
  • risk information
  • change research
  • robyn wilson
  • characterizing risks

  • committee chair
  • public utilities
  • workshop planning
  • national climate
  • observed changes

  • increase resilience
  • climate assessments
  • bradley udall
  • atmospheric research
  • key issue

  • joint global
  • gas emissions
  • paul fleming
  • margaret davidson
  • anticipated trends

  • security council
  • conducts periodic
  • comparing risk
  • raming climate
  • alice hill

  • process issues
  • coastal regions
  • reduce vulnerability
  • enhance effective
  • legislative mandate


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