Friday Forum Presentation

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Open World Project

Friday Forum Oct. 19, 2012 </slide>

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• Other Projects of Interest
• Motivation and Vision
• Core Elements
• Case Study Projects
• Unified Model of Everything
• Next Steps

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<slide title="Other Projects of Interest">

• Carbon Transition Working Group
• Himalayan Melt and Flooding
• Peruvian Spatial Fisheries
• Web-Weaver
• Slider Extension

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<slide title="Introduction">

      Many of the human behaviors that drive climate change and
      environmental degradation are deeply embedded in our society,
      economy, and government, and are mutually reinforcing.  Better
      modeling of human-natural systems can help in many ways:

• Analyzing feedback loops can help identify leverage points, where small policy changes can have pervasive

        impacts.

• Allowing models at diverse scales and contexts to

        interact can help scientists integrate knowledge.

• Interactive models can facilitate communication

        with policymakers and make complex problems intelligible.

      The Open Model is a modeling framework aimed at these issues.  The
      boxes right describe key components.

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<slide title="Big Proposals">

• Fisheries Project
• Climate Behaviors

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