Summary
Report: Planning for Losses and Impacts Resulting from Changes in Extreme Weather Patterns
The two goals of the project are to 1) understand how local and regional emergency management communities function so that climate science knowledge can be effectively infused into their decision processes, and 2) develop a framework for identifying products and services that can deliver needed knowledge about climate extremes, threats, impacts, and resulting risk in order to prioritize mitigation and adaptation efforts. From the goals, the following objectives were derived: i) define who the EM community is, how they function and how they make risk management decisions related to climate extreme events; ii) identify the decision frameworks and processes that this community currently uses and any gaps that may exist; iii) determine if they use climate information now, how they get their information, what is missing and what information may improve their decision making processes; iv) explore the most critical issues that impair effective decision-making processes. These were designed to develop an understanding of the existing products and services being utilized by the risk and emergency communities in arid regions, and to provide insight into new products or services, which might be more effective primarily in extreme weather events.
Personnel
Nalini Chhetri
Anthony Cox
Kenneth Galluppi
Hana Putnam
Nancy Selover
Funding
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office, SARP Program