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From global change science to action with social sciences
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 Climate Change. Nature Publishing Group, New York, NY, 4:656–659, (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2319
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.
Description:
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.
