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PERFORMING
ASSESSMENTS
TO SUPPORT
POLICY
MAKING

An assessment is produced by systems engineers to prepare knowledge from ex-
perts’ and other stakeholder inputs for use by decision makers. This helps ensure
decision makers have the information they need, and in a form they can act on.

Knowledge . . . assesses the usability of expert knowledge
Certification by non-experts (e.g. policy makers).

Knowledge . . . provides knowledge from different sources, and is
Assembly integrated to meet the needs of the decision maker.

. . . converts complex concepts into “decision-ready” forms
Knowledge that frame decision options and motivations for action in
Translation politically, economically, and culturally aware terms.

Knowledge . . . connects the knowledge to a government system, the forum
Delivery by which decision makers can use the knowledge.

The state of the Earth system will be made widely available in near real time.

Earth Continuous awareness of the Earth system state will be communicated to deci-
Understanding sion makers and the public. By blending technologies, policies and institutions,
On Demand
a knowledge-dense cyber-infrastructure will provide an always-on management
service that communities and industries everywhere can access on demand.

*Adapted from Knowledge Action Networks: Rethinking the Way We Think About Climate Change Assessments. Charles F. Kennel.

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