Richard H. Moss Explained
| Richard H. Moss |
| Occupation: | Adjunct professor, University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences |
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| Boards: | Chairman, Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment |
| Alma Mater: | Carleton College
Princeton University, MPA, PhD[1] |
| Discipline: | Climate Scientist |
| Main Interests: | Systems dynamics of integrated human-environment systems |
Richard H. Moss is a climate scientist and former chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment.[2] In that role, he was responsible to support the publication of the Climate Science Special Report and the Fourth National Climate Assessment.[3]
Moss was previously Vice President and Managing Director for Climate Change at the World Wildlife Fund and Senior Director for Energy and Climate at the United Nations Foundation.[4] Moss has been a member of the IPCC since 1993.
Selected publications
- Calvin KV, B Bond-Lamberty, LE Clarke, JA Edmonds, J Eom, CA Hartin, SH Kim, GP Kyle, RP Link, RH Moss, HC McJeon, PL Patel, SJ Smith, ST Waldhoff, and MA Wise. 2017. "The SSP4: A World of Deepening Inequality." Global Environmental Change 42:284-296. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.06.010
- Moss RH. 2016. "Assessing Decision Support Systems and Levels of Confidence to Narrow the Climate Information "Usability Gap"." Climatic Change 135(1):143-155. doi:10.1007/s10584-015-1549-1
- Buizer JL, K Dow, ME Black, K Jacobs, A Waple, RH Moss, S Moser, A Luers, DI Gustafson, TC Richmond, SL Hays, and CB Field. 2016. "Building a sustained climate assessment process." Climatic Change 135(1):23-37. doi:10.1007/s10584-015-1501-4
- Williamson P and RH Moss. 1993. "Degrees of National Wealth." Nature 362: Art. No.782. DOI:10.1038/362782a0.
Notes and References
- Web site: Richard Moss. Linked In. 14 September 2017.
- News: Eilperin. Juliet. The Trump administration just disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change. 14 September 2017. Washington Post. August 20, 2017.
- News: Tollefson. Jeff. U.S. Government Disbands Climate-Science Advisory Committee. 14 September 2017. Scientific American. August 21, 2017.
- Web site: Richard H. Moss profile. American Meteorological Society. 14 September 2017.
