2017-07-17T19:22:01Z Copyright (c) 2017, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/topics/global-climate-change.html Robert J. Lempert https://www.rand.org/blog/2016/08/infrastructure-design-must-change-with-climate.html Aug 12, 2016 Aug 12, 2016

Until recently, infrastructure engineers could use data on past weather to predict future climate. But this is no longer an option. More and more, engineers must consider the effects of climate change. Failure to do so would threaten public safety.

Debra Knopman; Robert J. Lempert https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1144.html Dec 7, 2016 Dec 7, 2016

This report presents a decisionmaking framework and supporting indicators for urban responses to climate change based on risk governance, emphasizing capacities to transform policies, institutions, financing, and other actions to affect change.

Gulrez Shah Azhar; Shubhayu Saha; Partha Ganguly; Dileep Mavalankar; Jaime Madrigano https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP67084.html Apr 4, 2017 Apr 4, 2017

Indexing relative variation in heat-related vulnerability across all of India can help planners, policy makers, and disaster mitigation experts target climate adaptation efforts.

Neil Berg; Alexander Dean Hall https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP67077.html Mar 28, 2017 Mar 28, 2017

Anthropogenic warming reduced average snowpack levels by 25%, with middle-to-low elevations experiencing reductions between 26 and 43%. Further snowpack declines of 60–85% are expected, depending on emissions scenario.

David Groves; Debra Knopman; James Syme; Nidhi Kalra; Zhimin Mao https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1682.html Mar 9, 2017 Mar 9, 2017

RAND evaluated potential effects of uncertain projections of demand and climate change on the ability of the Jinan Municipal Water Resources Bureau to meet its long-term water resources goals for Shandong Province's capital city.

Stephanie Pezard; Abbie Tingstad; Kristin Van Abel; Scott Stephenson https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1731.html Mar 2, 2017 Mar 2, 2017

Despite tensions between Russia and the West, Arctic cooperation has remained intact. But America should prepare for changes that may alter Moscow's incentives. These include rising interest in Arctic resources and greater maritime access due to climate change.

RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/multimedia/audio/2017/03/02/tipping-points-in-the-arctic.html Mar 2, 2017 Mar 2, 2017

In this Events @ RAND podcast, a panel of experts discuss several potential economic, environmental, and political "game changers" that could affect strategic decisions in the Arctic region.

Andrew R. Hoehn; Richard H. Solomon; Sonni Efron; Frank Camm; Anita Chandra; Debra Knopman; Burgess Laird; Robert J. Lempert; Howard Shatz; Casimir Yost https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9944.html Jan 18, 2017 Jan 18, 2017

The post–Cold War era is over. The United States faces new challenges abroad and rising political polarization at home. How should America advance its interests and pursue new opportunities around the world?

Andrew R. Hoehn; Richard H. Solomon; Sonni Efron; Frank Camm; Anita Chandra; Debra Knopman; Burgess Laird; Robert J. Lempert; Howard Shatz; Casimir Yost https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1631.html Jan 18, 2017 Jan 18, 2017

The United States needs a coherent international strategy for today's turbulent world. But this will be hard to pursue without more domestic political consensus on America's global role.

Tyler H. Lippert https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD387.html Dec 30, 2016 Dec 30, 2016

Offers a prospective analysis of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the anticipated security consequences of climate change.

Debra Knopman; Robert J. Lempert https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1144.html Dec 7, 2016 Dec 7, 2016

More than 80 percent of the U.S. population lives in urban areas. Thus, cities lie at the epicenter of America's response to climate change. Analysis can inform how cities choose strategies and allocate resources.

RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/nsrd/projects/international-order.html Oct 19, 2016 Oct 19, 2016

Experts are assessing challenges to the post-war international order and how U.S. strategy might adapt to today's changing world.

Henry H. Willis; Anu Narayanan; Jordan R. Fischbach; Edmundo Molina-Perez; Chuck Stelzner; Kathleen Loa; Lauren Kendrick https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1453.html Jul 12, 2016 Jul 12, 2016

Exposure to natural hazards such as flooding, drought, and wildfires is projected to be larger and more uncertain in the future because of the effects of sea level rise and changes in temperature and precipitation patterns.

Anu Narayanan; Henry H. Willis; Jordan R. Fischbach; Drake Warren; Edmundo Molina-Perez; Chuck Stelzner; Kathleen Loa; Lauren Kendrick; Paul Sorensen; Tom LaTourrette https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR1453z1.html Jul 12, 2016 Jul 12, 2016

This report serves as the technical documentation and reference document for the data, methods, and analytic approach used in the analysis of national exposures to infrastructure from natural disasters.

Quentin Wodon; Nicholas Burger; Audra K. Grant; Andrea Liverani https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66429.html Apr 18, 2016 Apr 18, 2016

Climate change is a major source of concern in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This chapter is based in large part on new data collected in 2011 in Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Morocco, the Syrian Arab Republic, and the Republic of Yemen.

Beth E. Lachman; Susan A. Resetar; Nidhi Kalra; Agnes Gereben Schaefer; Aimee E. Curtright https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR933.html Apr 5, 2016 Apr 5, 2016

This report assesses water management, partnerships, rights, and market trends and opportunities, and how Army installations can potentially use them to improve programs and investments in water and wastewater systems.

Edmundo Molina-Perez https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD369.html Mar 11, 2016 Mar 11, 2016

Explores new methods to the study of international technological change and climate policy providing useful insights that can be used for designing a robust architecture of international technological cooperation for climate change mitigation.

Evelina Trutnevyte; Céline Guivarch; Robert J. Lempert; Neil Strachan https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP66310.html Feb 4, 2016 Feb 4, 2016

Scenarios are widely used for long-term climate and energy analysis, but scenario developers and users typically capture only a subset of future uncertainties. By adopting three focal points as part of this methodology, researchers can expand uncertainty consideration and gather user-specific insights.

RAND Corporation https://www.rand.org/multimedia/audio/2015/12/17/paris-climate-change-accord.html Dec 17, 2015 Dec 17, 2015

RAND experts discuss the agreement adopted in Paris at the COP21 summit and discuss what comes next.

Steven C. Isley; Robert J. Lempert; Steven W. Popper; Raffaele Vardavas https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50876.html Nov 23, 2015 Nov 23, 2015

This paper introduces a new agent-based, game theoretic model designed to compare how near-term choices regarding alternative policy architectures influence long-term emission reduction trajectories.