EAS News Article
Developing a new measure of “socioclimatic” risk
Researchers, including Noah Diffenbaugh, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric sciences and member of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC), have taken a first step toward quantifying the “socioclimatic” exposure of different countries to future climate change.
“Climate negotiations have become increasingly concerned not only with who is responsible for climate change, but also who is likely to suffer the most damage,” says Diffenbaugh. “Our analysis provides quantitative information to support international negotiations. By integrating state-of-the-art global climate model experiments with socioeconomic indicators of poverty, wealth, and population, we create a unique measure of ‘socioclimatic’ risk for each nation.” Leigh Raymond, a professor of political science and PCCRC member, was also part of the research team. <more >
