Highlights of Comments

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Highlights of Comments

• Ghassem Asrar
• Margaret Leinen
• Jim Mahoney
• Richard Moss
• Ari Patrinos

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CCSP Science for Society and Decision Support
National, Sectoral, and Regional Issues
Outputs
Inputs
Climate and Earth Science Questions
Resource Management

• Outcomes
• New Understanding
• Public Debate
• Policy Decisions
• Management Decisions
• Educational Resources

Models
Scenario Comparison and Evaluation
Observations

• Research
• Atmosphere
• Climate
• Water cycle
• Land use/cover
• Carbon cycle
• Ecosystems
• Human Dimensions

Reports and Findings
Decision Support Resources
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Climate and Earth Science Questions

• In general, the right questions are identified
• More development of linkages and cross-cutting
  themes (health land-use/cover, carbon,
  ecosystems etc.)
• Balance issues
• Short and long term priorities
• Basic research and transition to applications
• Mitigation and adaptation
• Better link with technologies
• Strategy for addressing nonlinear/abrupt change
  lacking in many elements

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Inputsscience, observations, modeling,

• Sense of excitement and progress
• Importance of continued support for discovery
  driven science
• Many useful specific suggestionsplus some
  contradictory ones
• More development of linkages and cross-cutting
  themesavoid stovepipes
• Challenge of greater depth and more breadth
• Not insignificant infrastructure challenges,
  especially considering new requirements/users

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OutputsDecision Support

• Appreciation for new focus of program
• Some deliverables have overly optimistic
  timelines
• Realistic timelines?
• Importance of dialogue between users and
  producers of scenarios
• Care required in resource management applications
  due to uncertainties
• Learn from National and other assessments about
  decision support

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Outcomes-National, Sectoral, and Regional Issues

• Importance of regional issues
• Stakeholder involvement crucial, but difficult
• Decision support should be within all research
  elements

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Other points

• Resources prioritization a challenge
• Management will the approach outlined lead to
  effective administration of the program?
• Uncertainty differentiate research that
  clarifies uncertainties, that reduces
  uncertainties, and that develops approaches for
  managing uncertainty in decision making
• International How best to involve intl
  community? Develop capacity building strategy?