Another mention of BORGs

 The National Academy of Sciences has just published a report entitled Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate. It can be read online.And there is also a useful discussion of many of the recommendations.

One important aspect of sustaining decisions that the report discusses is the importance of boundary organizations to span the boundaries between the science realm and the policy realm. Here is recommendation five:

Federal agencies should promote learning by supporting decision support networks to share lessons and technical capabilities. This may include support for expanding the capacity of boundary organizations and distributed entities for learning, such as internet sites. The federal investment should be selective and guided by the reality that networks operate satisfactorily only when their members see concrete benefits from participation.

We are sure that this report will be discussed on Monday at the Idea Club. RSVP Now!

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