Richard H. Moss

Richard H. Moss
Occupation(s)Adjunct professor, University of Maryland’s Department of Geographical Sciences[2]
Board member ofChairman, Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment
Academic background
Alma materCarleton College
Princeton University, MPA, PhD[1]
Academic work
DisciplineClimate Scientist
Main interestsSystems 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.

References

  1. ^ "Richard Moss". Linked In. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Eilperin, Juliet (August 20, 2017). "The Trump administration just disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ Tollefson, Jeff (August 21, 2017). "U.S. Government Disbands Climate-Science Advisory Committee". Scientific American. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Richard H. Moss profile". American Meteorological Society. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

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.