2013-04-18T15:23:23Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/l/lempert_robert_j.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/07/01/HP.html 2010-07-01T14:26:00Z 2010-07-01T14:26:00Z

Limiting climate change requires a revolution in the way the global economy generates and consumes energy. It is becoming increasingly clear that the current diplomatic approach should be redesigned to meet this immense political, technical, and social challenge, writes Robert J. Lempert.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2002/10/22/UPI.html 2002-10-22T15:11:00Z 2002-10-22T15:11:00Z

Published commentary by RAND staff: Missed Opportunities in Johannesburg in United Press International on October 22, 2002.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR557.html 2008-03-25T20:25:00Z 2008-03-25T20:25:00Z

Evaluates alternative algorithms needed to implement a novel task the authors call ''scenario discovery,'' in which users identify concise descriptions of input parameters to a simulation model.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/03/30/BGOV.html 2011-03-30T23:39:00Z 2011-03-30T23:39:00Z

If it were really possible to explain millions of years of Earth data with a theory that doesn't also imply a recent human influence on the climate, some ambitious, self-interested team of scientists somewhere in the world would seek scientific renown by doing so, writes Robert Lempert.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080721.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Water managers in Southern California, who grapple with how to address climate change in their near-term and long-term plans, are beginning to seek methods for incorporating such changes in their planning processes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010315.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Computer models provide a powerful tool for reasoning about difficult problems.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010412.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The US and European Union have reached an impasse over climate change, which threatens both transatlantic relations and the Earth's environment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20010719.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recommendation for use of ensembles of multiple scenarios to capture what is known about the long-term climate future.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020019.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this chapter the authors argue for a different approach to climate-change policy and thus a different use for forecasts.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20021201.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

RAP methods may offer greater insight into the vulnerabilities inherent in several types of surprises.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20000044.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many governments use technology incentives as an important component of their greenhouse gas abatement strategies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020514.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Computer-Assisted Reasoning, an approach to decision-making under conditions of uncertainty suited to applying complex systems to policy analysis.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060412.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study identifies robust, adaptive pollution-control strategies to help ensure economic growth and environmental quality for the 21st century.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1244.html 2007-06-19T06:08:00Z 2007-06-19T06:08:00Z

Description of a new analytic method, based on robust decisionmaking, that could be applied to water resource management in California and climate change policy questions.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/08/PALPOST.html 2012-03-08T15:19:00Z 2012-03-08T15:19:00Z

In case after case, the theory that best fits the data is the one that also leads inexorably to the conclusion that human influence is one of the most important forces currently changing the climate, writes Robert J. Lempert.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR919.html 2012-03-21T12:45:00Z 2012-03-21T12:45:00Z

Summarizes the small evaluative scenario literature that examines how scenarios contribute to effective decision-making and proposes a conceptualization of scenarios that addresses certain challenges.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100254.html 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z 2011-01-01T12:00:00Z

The authors present the concept of robust decision making (RDM), which draws on already-existing knowledge of practitioners to choose actions that are viable in both the short- and long-term.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20050415.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Authors have developed an alternative framework focused on flexibility--finding, testing and implementing policies that work no matter what happens.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9412.html 2008-12-11T10:24:00Z 2008-12-11T10:24:00Z

Discusses the effects of regulating drug prices in the United States in terms of the trade-off between benefiting the current generation (with lower prices) and benefiting future generations (with greater pharmaceutical innovation).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1380.html 2009-01-09T16:41:00Z 2009-01-09T16:41:00Z

Investigates the effects on consumers of lowering U.S. pharmaceutical prices under various assumptions and finds that publicly financing price reductions, without affecting manufacturer prices, delivers benefits in virtually all plausible cases.