Environmental Decision Making

The Economic Value of Earth Science Information

This forum will address issues related to the economic value of Earth science data. Topics may include:

Data needs for decision making, policies, energy/water budgets

Climate mitigation strategies/ carbon taxes

Decision support tools/systems, Policies

Next IPCC assessment

What information do we need to assess the value of Earth science data?

Ideas discussed in this Wed. afternoon Forum can run over into the open meeting sessions on Thursday. If you would like to give a presentation, please enter your name and title of talk (or contact Rob.Raskin@jpl.nasa.gov). An expected outcome of the Forum is the formation of an ESIP Cluster on Economics, Decision Making, and Policies.

Presenters include:

• Rob Lempert, Senior Scientist, RAND Corp, "Decision Making Under Deep Uncertainty" (30 min)
• Molly Macauley, Resources for the Future (30 min)
• Lawrence Friedl, NASA Program Manager "Data Needs for Applied Earth Science" (30 min)
• Menas Kafatos, Chapman U., "Business and Economic Opportunities Emerging from Climate Change" (30 min)
• Noah Molotch, UCLA/JPL, "Estimation of Snow Water Equivalent Data for Water Resource Planning" (15 min)
• Tyler Stevens, GCMD, "CEOS Climate Diagnostics Portal" (15 min)
• Stephanie Granger, JPL, "Western States Climate Change Decision Support Center" (15 min)
• Rob Raskin, JPL, "Spatial Decision Support Consortium" (15 min)
• Others to be added

Resources of Interest

NOAA Economics Web Site

IPCC