SY025
The Role of Earth and Space Science in Global and Domestic Policies: Case Studies From Around the World

Session ID#: 161649

Session Description:
Earth and space science is implicated in policies at the global and national levels around the world.  From helping to guide international negotiations on climate change, to providing the data underlying national-level resource legislation, to providing risk-based frameworks for local preparation for and response to hazards, and so much more, many policies are inextricably linked to the geosciences.  

While scientific input into the policy process comes in many forms, it would not be possible without the work of individual scientists engaging with policymakers.  This session aims to gather case studies of successful efforts of science informing policy, including both the subject matter of the science-relevant policy and the process by which the influence occurred.  In particular, we invite those who can provide stories from outside the U.S., including from the Global South and from international negotiations and forums.

Index Terms:

6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]
6620 Science policy [POLICY SCIENCES & PUBLIC ISSUES]

Primary Convener:  Alexandra Shultz, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
Convener:  Michael Villafranca, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, United States
 
The Making of a Geoscience Sustainability Atlas: Communicating the Contributions and Influence of Geoscientists in Advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (1174063)
Maria Capello, Red Tree Consulting LLC, Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, Emer Caslin, iCRAG, Belfast, Ireland, Iain S Stewart, Univ Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Denise Cox, Storm Energy, Panama City, United States, Ludivine Wouters, Latitude Five, London, United Kingdom, Anna C. Shaughnessy, Independent Consultant, Boston, United States, Vimal Singh, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India, Miriam Winsten, Independent Consultant, Houston, United States, Estella A Atekwana, University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, United States, Heather K. Handley, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, Kombada Mhopjeni, Namibia Geological Survey, Namibia, Namibia and Ted Bakamjian, SEG, Tulsa, United States
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