Opening Session

Opening Address, the National Summit on Coping with Climate Change.
Thomas Karl, National Climate Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Background Papers

"Making Climate Change Research Matter: Balance and Scale"
Thomas Dietz, Environmental Science and Policy Program, Michigan State University

Sector Papers

“Governments, Responsibilities, Barriers, and Actors in Adaptation Action for Climate Change”
W. Neil Adger, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

“Climate change and human health: Issues and priorities for adaptive strategies and for public health functions”
Tony (AJ) McMichael, The Australian National University, Canberra

“Coping with Climate Change? A Look at Marine Fisheries”
Ed Miles, University of Washington, Seattle

“Adaptation Strategies: Climate and Insurance”
Franklin W. Nutter, Reinsurance Association of America

“Opportunities to Anticipate and Adapt to the Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality”
Joel D. Scheraga, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

“Adaptation and the Energy Sector”
Susan F. Tierney, Analysis Group