Environmental Decision Making

From Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)

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

Next IPCC assessment
Carbon taxes
Climate mitigation strategies
Decision support tools
Policies
Use of Earth science data for valuation of resources

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
  • Noah Molotch, JPL/UCLA
  • Stephanie Granger, JPL
  • (tentative) Lawrence Friedl, Program Manager at NASA