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Intro; Preface; Contents; Editors and Contributors; Developing Climate Change Information; 1 Science and Knowledge Production for Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities; 1.1 Two Evolving Fields: Interdisciplinary Research and Climate Change Science; 1.2 Chapters Overview; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Science and Evidence-Based Climate Change Policy: Collaborative Approaches to Improve the Science-Policy Interface; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Science and Evidence-Based Climate Change Policy; 2.2.1 The Role of Science
2.2.2 Expert Advice, Technocracy and Politicization of Science2.2.3 The Science-Policy Interface; 2.3 Challenges for Climate Change Science and Policy; 2.4 Collaboration and Collective Action for Negotiating the Science-Policy Interface; 2.4.1 Water Management in South East Queensland (SEQ): Co-learning and Collaboration; 2.4.2 Risks Associated with Extreme Events and Urban Expansion and Development on the North Coast of São Paulo: Improving Dialogue; 2.5 Lessons for Researchers and Other Stakeholders; 2.6 Conclusions; References
3 Conceptual Analysis of Climate Change in the Light of Society-Environment Relationships: Observatories Closer to Both Systems and SocietiesAbstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Methods; 3.3 Climate and Climate Change; 3.3.1 Evolution of Society-Environment Relationships and Today's Challenge; 3.3.2 System Earth, from Regulation to Imprint and Vice Versa; 3.3.3 System Earth; 3.4 Towards System World?; 3.4.1 Global Social and Societal Issues-Global Society Adaptation; 3.4.2 OSAGE Observatory: Closer to Systems and Societies; 3.5 Conclusion; References
4 Rethinking IPCC Expertise from a Multi-actor PerspectiveAbstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology; 4.3 IPCC, a Pioneer in International Expertise That Has Not Evolved Significantly in 30 Years; 4.4 Opportunities to Strengthen and Enlarge the Existing Process; 4.4.1 Opportunities for Improvement; 4.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Computational Constraint Models for Decision Support and Holistic Solution Design; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 How Computational Decision Models Can Contribute to Guide Effective Implementation of Solutions Under Climate Change
5.2 Constraint-Based Reasoning in a Nutshell5.2.1 Designing a Constraint Model; 5.3 Example Cases and Thematic Studies; 5.3.1 Water Resource Management; 5.3.2 Renewable Energy Planning; 5.3.3 Biodiversity Management; 5.4 Perspectives; References; Communicating Climate Change Information; 6 Uncertainty and Future Planning: The Use of Scenario Planning for Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Decision; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Background to Scenario Planning; 6.3 Research Approach; 6.4 Using Scenario Planning to Inform Decision-Making for Climate Change Adaptation; 6.5 Conclusion
2.2.2 Expert Advice, Technocracy and Politicization of Science2.2.3 The Science-Policy Interface; 2.3 Challenges for Climate Change Science and Policy; 2.4 Collaboration and Collective Action for Negotiating the Science-Policy Interface; 2.4.1 Water Management in South East Queensland (SEQ): Co-learning and Collaboration; 2.4.2 Risks Associated with Extreme Events and Urban Expansion and Development on the North Coast of São Paulo: Improving Dialogue; 2.5 Lessons for Researchers and Other Stakeholders; 2.6 Conclusions; References
3 Conceptual Analysis of Climate Change in the Light of Society-Environment Relationships: Observatories Closer to Both Systems and SocietiesAbstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Methods; 3.3 Climate and Climate Change; 3.3.1 Evolution of Society-Environment Relationships and Today's Challenge; 3.3.2 System Earth, from Regulation to Imprint and Vice Versa; 3.3.3 System Earth; 3.4 Towards System World?; 3.4.1 Global Social and Societal Issues-Global Society Adaptation; 3.4.2 OSAGE Observatory: Closer to Systems and Societies; 3.5 Conclusion; References
4 Rethinking IPCC Expertise from a Multi-actor PerspectiveAbstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Methodology; 4.3 IPCC, a Pioneer in International Expertise That Has Not Evolved Significantly in 30 Years; 4.4 Opportunities to Strengthen and Enlarge the Existing Process; 4.4.1 Opportunities for Improvement; 4.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Computational Constraint Models for Decision Support and Holistic Solution Design; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 How Computational Decision Models Can Contribute to Guide Effective Implementation of Solutions Under Climate Change
5.2 Constraint-Based Reasoning in a Nutshell5.2.1 Designing a Constraint Model; 5.3 Example Cases and Thematic Studies; 5.3.1 Water Resource Management; 5.3.2 Renewable Energy Planning; 5.3.3 Biodiversity Management; 5.4 Perspectives; References; Communicating Climate Change Information; 6 Uncertainty and Future Planning: The Use of Scenario Planning for Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Decision; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Background to Scenario Planning; 6.3 Research Approach; 6.4 Using Scenario Planning to Inform Decision-Making for Climate Change Adaptation; 6.5 Conclusion