From global change science to action with social sciences

Systematic identification, characterization and prioritization of the greatest and most urgent risks we face from global change, along with the appropriate responses, are scientific and societal grand challenges. A central issue confronting national and international research programs is the need to understand linked biophysical and social processes of change, and to do so in a way that supports societal responses to this change. This requires integrating the full range of disciplinary perspectives and contributions from across the global change research enterprise.

Impact/Purpose

U.S. efforts to integrate social and biophysical sciences to address the issue of global change exist within a wider movement to understand global change as a societal challenge and to inform policy. Insights from the social sciences can help transform global change research into action.

Citation

Weaver, C., A. Grambsch, S. Mooney, D. Allen, E. Seyller, N. Beller-Simms, T. Fish, B. Hohenstein, K. Jacobs, M. Kenney, M. Lane, R. Moss, L. Langner, E. Larson, P. Stern, l. nichols, C. Nierenberg, R. Winthrop, AND D. McGinnis. From global change science to action with social sciences. Nature Publishing Group, New York, NY, 4:656–659, (2014). [DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2319]

DOI: From global change science to action with social sciences