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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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APPENDIX A

America’s Climate Choices: Membership Lists

COMMITTEE ON AMERICA’S CLIMATE CHOICES

ALBERT CARNESALE (Chair), University of California, Los Angeles

WILLIAM CHAMEIDES (Vice Chair), Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

DONALD F. BOESCH, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Cambridge

MARILYN A. BROWN, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

JONATHAN CANNON, University of Virginia, Charlottesville

THOMAS DIETZ, Michigan State University, East Lansing

GEORGE C. EADS, Charles River Associates, Washington, D.C.

ROBERT W. FRI, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

JAMES E. GERINGER, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Cheyenne, Wyoming

DENNIS L. HARTMANN, University of Washington, Seattle

CHARLES O. HOLLIDAY, JR., DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware

KATHARINE L. JACOBS,* Arizona Water Institute, Tucson

THOMAS KARL,* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Asheville, North Carolina

DIANA M. LIVERMAN, University of Arizona, Tuscon, and University of Oxford, United Kingdom

PAMELA A. MATSON, Stanford University, California

PETER H. RAVEN, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

RICHARD SCHMALENSEE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge

PHILIP R. SHARP, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

PEGGY M. SHEPARD, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, New York, New York

ROBERT H. SOCOLOW, Princeton University, New Jersey

SUSAN SOLOMON, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado

BJORN STIGSON, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva, Switzerland

Asterisks (*) denote members who resigned during the study process

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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THOMAS J. WILBANKS, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee

PETER ZANDAN, Public Strategies, Inc., Austin, Texas

PANEL ON LIMITING THE MAGNITUDE OF FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE

ROBERT W. FRI (Chair), Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

MARILYN A. BROWN (Vice Chair), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

DOUG ARENT, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado

ANN CARLSON, University of California, Los Angeles

MAJORA CARTER, Majora Carter Group, LLC, Bronx, New York

LEON CLARKE, Joint Global Change Research Institute (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/University of Maryland), College Park, Maryland

FRANCISCO DE LA CHESNAYE, Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

GEORGE C. EADS, Charles River Associates, Washington, D.C.

GENEVIEVE GIULIANO, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

ANDREW J. HOFFMAN, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

ROBERT O. KEOHANE, Princeton University, New Jersey

LOREN LUTZENHISER, Portland State University, Oregon

BRUCE MCCARL, Texas A&M University, College Station

MACK MCFARLAND, DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware

MARY D. NICHOLS, California Air Resources Board, Sacramento

EDWARD S. RUBIN, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

THOMAS H. TIETENBERG, Colby College (retired), Waterville, Maine

JAMES A. TRAINHAM, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

PANEL ON ADAPTING TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

KATHARINE L. JACOBS* (Chair, through January 3, 2010), University of Arizona, Tucson

THOMAS J. WILBANKS (Chair), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee

BRUCE P. BAUGHMAN, IEM, Inc., Alabaster, Alabama

ROBERT BEACHY,* Donald Danforth Plant Sciences Center, Saint Louis, Missouri

GEORGES C. BENJAMIN, American Public Health Association, Washington, D.C.

JAMES L. BUIZER, Arizona State University, Tempe

F. STUART CHAPIN III, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

W. PETER CHERRY, Science Applications International Corporation, Ann Arbor, Michigan

BRAXTON DAVIS, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Charleston

KRISTIE L. EBI, IPCC Technical Support Unit WGII, Stanford, California

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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JEREMY HARRIS, Sustainable Cities Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii

ROBERT W. KATES, Independent Scholar, Bangor, Maine

HOWARD C. KUNREUTHER, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia

LINDA O. MEARNS, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder

PHILIP MOTE, Oregon State University, Corvallis

ANDREW A. ROSENBERG, Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia

HENRY G. SCHWARTZ, JR., Jacobs Civil (retired), Saint Louis, Missouri

JOEL B. SMITH, Stratus Consulting, Inc., Boulder, Colorado

GARY W. YOHE, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut

PANEL ON ADVANCING THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

PAMELA A. MATSON (Chair), Stanford University, California

THOMAS DIETZ (Vice Chair), Michigan State University, East Lansing

WALEED ABDALATI, University of Colorado at Boulder

ANTONIO J. BUSALACCHI, JR., University of Maryland, College Park

KEN CALDEIRA, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Stanford, California

ROBERT W. CORELL, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, D.C.

RUTH S. DEFRIES, Columbia University, New York, New York

INEZ Y. FUNG, University of California, Berkeley

STEVEN GAINES, University of California, Santa Barbara

GEORGE M. HORNBERGER, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

MARIA CARMEN LEMOS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

SUSANNE C. MOSER, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting, Santa Cruz, California

RICHARD H. MOSS, Joint Global Change Research Institute (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory/University of Maryland), College Park, Maryland

EDWARD A. PARSON, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

A. R. RAVISHANKARA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado

RAYMOND W. SCHMITT, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts

B. L. TURNER II, Arizona State University, Tempe

WARREN M. WASHINGTON, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

JOHN P. WEYANT, Stanford University, California

DAVID A. WHELAN, The Boeing Company, Seal Beach, California

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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PANEL ON INFORMING EFFECTIVE DECISIONS AND ACTIONS RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE

DIANA LIVERMAN (Co-chair), University of Arizona, Tucson

PETER RAVEN (Co-chair), Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis

DANIEL BARSTOW, Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Virginia

ROSINA M. BIERBAUM, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

DANIEL W. BROMLEY, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ANTHONY LEISEROWITZ, Yale University

ROBERT J. LEMPERT, The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California

JIM LOPEZ,* King County, Washington

EDWARD L. MILES, University of Washington, Seattle

BERRIEN MOORE III, Climate Central, Princeton, New Jersey

MARK D. NEWTON, Dell, Inc., Round Rock, Texas

VENKATACHALAM RAMASWAMY, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Princeton, New Jersey

RICHARD RICHELS, Electric Power Research Institute, Inc., Washington, D.C.

DOUGLAS P. SCOTT, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield

KATHLEEN J. TIERNEY, University of Colorado at Boulder

CHRIS WALKER, The Carbon Trust LLC, New York, New York

SHARI T. WILSON, Maryland Department of the Environment, Baltimore

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A: America's Climate Choices: Membership Lists." National Research Council. 2011. America's Climate Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12781.
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Climate change is occurring. It is very likely caused by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities, and poses significant risks for a range of human and natural systems. And these emissions continue to increase, which will result in further change and greater risks.

America's Climate Choices makes the case that the environmental, economic, and humanitarian risks posed by climate change indicate a pressing need for substantial action now to limit the magnitude of climate change and to prepare for adapting to its impacts. Although there is some uncertainty about future risk, acting now will reduce the risks posed by climate change and the pressure to make larger, more rapid, and potentially more expensive reductions later. Most actions taken to reduce vulnerability to climate change impacts are common sense investments that will offer protection against natural climate variations and extreme events. In addition, crucial investment decisions made now about equipment and infrastructure can "lock in" commitments to greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. Finally, while it may be possible to scale back or reverse many responses to climate change, it is difficult or impossible to "undo" climate change, once manifested.

Current efforts of local, state, and private-sector actors are important, but not likely to yield progress comparable to what could be achieved with the addition of strong federal policies that establish coherent national goals and incentives, and that promote strong U.S. engagement in international-level response efforts. The inherent complexities and uncertainties of climate change are best met by applying an iterative risk management framework and making efforts to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions; prepare for adapting to impacts; invest in scientific research, technology development, and information systems; and facilitate engagement between scientific and technical experts and the many types of stakeholders making America's climate choices.

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