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Standing Committee

Board on Environmental Change and Society

The Board on Environmental Change and Society (BECS) mobilizes social and behavioral sciences to identify equitable and effective solutions to the challenges at the intersection of environmental change and society. Such solutions must consider drivers of behavior and decision making at all scales, including individuals, communities, businesses and governments. Critical drivers include societal values, norms, socioeconomic factors, markets, and policies. The Board draws on interdisciplinary expertise to address the social, political, economic and equity dimensions of environmental change.

In progress

Projects

Managed Retreat in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

The Role of Net Metering in the Evolving Electricity System

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Advancing a Systems Approach to Studying the Earth: A Strategy for the National Science Foundation

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Sustainability Partnerships in the U.S.-Mexico Drylands Region: A Binational Consensus Study

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Methods for Characterizing Risk in Climate Change Assessments: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

A Systems Approach to Reducing Consumer Food Waste

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Environmental Health Matters Initiative

Initiative

Completed

Advancing Sustainability of US – Mexico Transboundary Drylands – A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Review of the draft Fourth National Climate Assessment

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Science Breakthroughs 2030: A Strategy for Food and Agricultural Research

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Long-term Coastal Zone Dynamics: Interactions and Feedbacks between Natural and Human Processes along the U.S. Gulf Coast

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Advancing Social and Behavioral Science Research and Application within the Weather Enterprise

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Long-term Management of the Spirit Lake/Toutle River System in Southwest, Washington

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Assessing Approaches to Updating the Social Cost of Carbon

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed
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