Projects
| Title | US Weather Research Program Societal Impacts Program |
| Type | Research Project |
| URL | www.sip.ucar.edu/ |
| Abstract | NCAR, with funding from the U.S. Weather Research Program (USWRP), has established the Societal Impacts Program (SIP) to develop a dedicated focal point for gathering, assembling, coordinating, and synthesizing information on the societal impacts and economic benefits of weather information. |
| Participants | Robert Harriss Jeff Lazo Bill Mahoney Rebecca Morss Eric Scharff Asim Zia |
| Start Date | 2004 |
| Funders | NOAA |
| Keywords | Economics Extreme Climate Forecast Use & Value Observing Systems Policy Research Facilitation Tools US Weather Research Project USWRP Weather Impacts |
| Research Themes | Assessment Methods, Products and Tools Use of Scientific Information in Decision Processes Vulnerability, Adaptation, Thresholds and Resilience Integrated Science and Regional Applications |
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| "Because the pathway to sustainability cannot be
charted in advance, it will have to be navigated through trial and error and conscious experimentation. The urgent need is to
design strategies and institutions that can better integrate incomplete knowledge with experimental action into programs of
adaptive management and social learning." |
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