Focus area leads: Klaus Keller, Dartmouth College
Nancy Tuana, Penn State University
Thomas Wahl, University of Central Florida

Climate-related issues like sea-level rise, extreme weather, and wildfires are becoming more severe, forcing governments, businesses, and individuals to make difficult decisions with limited resources. Researchers within this focus area study the complex decision-making process involved in climate adaptation.

• The group considers the uncertainties of climate projections and focuses on ethically defensible resource distribution, tradeoffs between benefits and drawbacks, and strategies reflecting community values.
• Researchers use advanced tools like cost-benefit analysis and computational modeling to evaluate climate adaptation strategies.
• Adapting to climate change is a societal issue. This group’s research explores how values, economics, and politics shape effective and ethically defensible adaptation strategies.