Please find below a call for a special issue on climate decision-making - abstracts due this week, so tight timeline. Please forward to your networks! Pam McElwee, Rutgers
> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Rachael Shwom <shwom...@sebs.rutgers.edu> > Subject: [Hum_fac] Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability has a call > for abstracts: Climate Decision Making > Date: February 12, 2020 at 2:50:44 PM EST > To: "Human Ecology Faculty (hum_...@email.rutgers.edu)" > <hum_...@email.rutgers.edu> > > The journal Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability has a call for > abstracts > <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journals.elsevier.com%2Fcurrent-opinion-in-environmental-sustainability%2Fcall-for-abstracts%2Fclimate-decision-making&data=02%7C01%7Cpm473%40sebs.rutgers.edu%7C7dd92b77d429433185c308d7aff4e494%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637171338656609694&sdata=aJZNPOulHiIGjaW%2FF6iPN2Pc9emT30jWaNx9xcUlDh0%3D&reserved=0> > for a special issue on climate decision-making. This issue is meant to > cross-scales and disciplines. > > > Please take a look at this call, and check with me or one of the special > issue editors (Diana Reckien, Cathy Vaughan) if you have any questions. > > A few key points: > > These are short papers (2000-4000 words) which offer reviews or syntheses of > current topics. The journal, published by Elsevier, has an impact factor of > 4.26. > > This special issue is designed to fit in with the chapter on decision-making > in the next IPCC report (AR6, WGII, Chapter 17). So there is a tight > schedule, with abstracts due Friday, and papers to be submitted by 1 July > 2020. That will allow for review in time to be cited in the IPCC report. > > Climate Decision-Making > Special Issue Editors: > > Diana Reckien, Associate Professor Climate Change and Urban Inequalities, > Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management, > University of Twente, NL > > Rachael Shwom, Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers > University, US > > Catherine Vaughan, Senior Staff Associate, International Research Institute > for Climate and Society, Columbia University, US > > As decision-makers make sense of climate change knowledge, they are > confronted with a range of decisions including inaction, mitigation, and > adaptation. Dietz (2003) posits that criteria for a “good” environmental > decision could be: a balance between human and non-human well-being, > competence about relevant facts and values, fairness in process and outcome, > a process that relies on human strengths, a chance to learn from the > decision, and efficiency of the decision[1] In considering these criteria, a > large number of decisions in sectors as diverse as infrastructure, energy, > agriculture, transportation and human health – among many others – could be > improved. > > To improve competence about the facts and values in climate relevant > decisions, decision-support systems should accurately reflect the uncertainty > of climate-related social and biophysical knowledge, the complexity of > decision-making contexts, and the multiple social and economic interests > involved[2]. It could also involve rethinking the way we design and promote > use-inspired basic and applied research so as to narrow the “usability > gap.”[3] > > This special issue seeks short review papers that explore these issues from > different perspectives. This includes papers that explore: (1) the governance > of decisions intended to help manage climate-related risk across systems, > scales, and institutions; (2) the drivers of decision making, including the > values, perceptions, power dynamics and incentives that affect how > individuals, households, governments, non-governmental organizations, and > private sector make decisions with respect to the key risks, impacts, and > reasons of concern; and (3) the social and economic costs of different risk > decision-making processes, management strategies, and measures. > > We see several possible approaches for review papers that provide perspective > on barriers and opportunities to climate-related decision making. This > includes collective synthesis reviews of case studies on how individuals and > organizations decide to adapt or reduce greenhouse gas emissions as a way to > mitigate risk, and whether or not these decisions engage issues of finance, > short-term or long-term concerns, or other drivers. Literature reviews on how > hazard, exposure, and vulnerability interact to produce risk and affect > adaptation and mitigations decisions and management currently and under > different scenarios are also encouraged. We welcome abstracts from a range > of disciplines along with those that seek to provide transdisciplinary and > interdisciplinary perspectives on climate decision-making. > > Published by Elsevier, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability aims > to help the reader keep up on sustainability issues by providing 1) the views > of experts on current advances in environmental sustainability in a clear and > readable form; and 2) evaluations of the most interesting papers, annotated > by experts, from the great wealth of original publications. It has an impact > factor for 4.258 and a source normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) of 1.807. > > The guest editors aim for diversity and balance in contributions and authors. > They encourage researchers from developing countries, women, and > underrepresented minorities to contribute to this special issue. > > COSUST articles are intended to provide concise (2,000 to 4,000 words > excluding bibliography) synthesis and review papers based on (predominantly) > recent literature on cross-cutting topics in sustainability and global > change. We do not publish articles presenting empirical research, although > examples are welcome to illustrate review and synthesis articles. Synthesis > figures and tables are encouraged, including visual abstracts. Articles > should include 3 to 5 short highlight points and provide a short summary (1-2 > phrases) on selected (3-5) bibliographic references. See guide for authors > for specific instructions > [https://www.elsevier.com/journals/current-opinion-in-environmental-sustainability/1877-3435/guide-for-authors > > <https://www.elsevier.com/journals/current-opinion-in-environmental-sustainability/1877-3435/guide-for-authors>]. > All contributions are typically sent to a minimum of one independent expert > reviewer to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Guest Editors are > responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of > articles. The Editor's decision is final. > > Deadlines for submission to this special issue are: 01 July, 2020. This > coincides with the deadline for submissions for the IPCC AR6 WGII. > > Abstract submission deadline: 15 February, 2020 > > Invitation to authors: 15 March 2020 > > Paper submission: 01 July 2020[4] > > Issue official publication date: August/October 2021[5] with online-first > publication upon acceptance (immediately following review/revision process) > > Please send your abstract by 15th February 2020, and include in the subject > line: > > “COSUST Climate Decision-Making Abstract” to the attention of Rachael Shwom > as follows: > > Email: shwom...@sebs.rutgers.edu <mailto:shwom...@sebs.rutgers.edu> > Subject: COSUST Climate Decision-Making Abstract > > > > [1] Dietz, Thomas. "What is a good decision? Criteria for environmental > decision making." Human Ecology Review (2003): 33-39. > > [2] Moss, R. 2016. Assessing decision support systems and levels of > confidence to narrow the climate information “usability gap”. Climatic Change > (2016) 135:143–155 > > [3] Lemos MC, Kirchhoff CJ et al (2012) Narrowing the climate information > usability gap. Nat Clim Chang 2(11): 789–794 > > [4] AR6 cut-off date for submitted papers is 1 July, 2020 > > [5] AR6 cut-off date for accepted papers is 1 May, 2021 > > > > Return to Call for Abstracts > > Associate Professor, Department of Human Ecology, Climate & Society > Associate Director, Rutgers Energy Institute > http://shwomrac.tumblr.com/ > <https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fshwomrac.tumblr.com%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cpm473%40sebs.rutgers.edu%7C7dd92b77d429433185c308d7aff4e494%7Cb92d2b234d35447093ff69aca6632ffe%7C1%7C0%7C637171338656619690&sdata=oLG4cIAJzXrgPZgraMmUr85iUkzF65hpBslY7k6lgeI%3D&reserved=0> > School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University > Associate Graduate Faculty, Department of Sociology and Bloustein School of > Public Policy > 848-932-9235 > 732-932-6667 (F) > > _______________________________________________ > Hum_fac mailing list > hum_...@email.rutgers.edu <mailto:hum_...@email.rutgers.edu> > https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/hum_fac > <https://email.rutgers.edu/mailman/listinfo/hum_fac> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. 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