Richard H. Moss is a climate scientist and former chairman of the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment. In that role, he was responsible to support the publication of the ''Climate Science Special Report'' and the

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. Moss was previously Vice President and Managing Director for Climate Change at the

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and Senior Director for Energy and Climate at the

United Nations Foundation The United Nations Foundation is a charitable organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that supports the United Nations and its activities. It was established in 1998 with a $1billion gift to the United Nations by philanthropist Ted Turn ...

. Moss has been a member of the

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since 1993.

References

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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Richard H. Climate change assessment and attribution Reports of the United States government American climatologists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Princeton University alumni