Books
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Authored
- In progress Defining Women: The Battle of Science, Sex, and Fairness in Elite Sport. Complete manuscript; publisher under discussion.
- The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change. 2nd ed. Tempe, AZ: Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University.
- The Edge: The War Against Cheating and Corruption in the Cutthroat World of Elite Sports. San Francisco: Roaring Forties Press.
- Pielke's Perspective: A Collection of Articles from Bridges, OST's Publication on Science & Technology Policy. Boulder: Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, 93 pp.
- The Rightful Place of Science: Disasters and Climate Change. Tempe, AZ: Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University.
- The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming. New York: Basic Books (paperback 2011).
- The Honest Broker: Making Sense of Science in Policy and Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Scienza e politica. La lotta per il consenso. (in Italian). Rome: Laterza.
- Hurricanes: Their Nature and Impacts on Society. London: John Wiley & Sons.
Edited
- Forthcoming How Good Is Science? Truth and Progress in a Quarrelsome World. Selected and edited by R. Pielke Jr. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.
- Presidential Science Advisors: Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics. Dordrecht: Springer.
- Storms. (2 vols.), in the series Natural Hazards and Disasters: Major Works, a contribution to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. London: Routledge.
- Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature. Washington, DC: Island Press.
Contributor
- The Rightful Place of Science: New Tools for Science Policy. Vol. I. Tempe, AZ: CSPO, Arizona State University.
- The Rightful Place of Science: Climate Pragmatism. Tempe, AZ: CSPO, Arizona State University.
Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Entries and Proceedings
- Sport at the climate crossroads: Champions for climate or green-sportwashing? In Research Handbook on Major Sporting Events, pp. 386–398. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- A brief summary of "Volleygate," so far. In F. Teijeiro, ed., Volleygate.
- Making sense of debate over transgender athletes in Olympic sport. In H. Lenskyj and A. Greey, eds., Sport, Sex, and Difference: The Struggle for Trans Athletes' Justice in the 21st Century. Bingley: Emerald.
- The neglected heart of science policy: Reconciling supply of and demand for science. In D. Sarewitz, ed., The Rightful Place of Science: New Tools for Science Policy, pp. 3–42. Tempe, AZ: CSPO.
- Decision making and the future of nature: Understanding and using predictions. In D. Sarewitz, ed., The Rightful Place of Science: New Tools for Science Policy, pp. 71–108. Tempe, AZ: CSPO.
- Weather and climate damage studies. Oxford Bibliographies: Geography.
- Catastrophes of the 21st century. In R. Blong, ed., Beyond Tomorrow. Sydney: Aon Benfield Australia.
- Lessons from 50 years of science advice to the US President. In P. Weingart and G. Wagner, eds., Wissenschaftliche Politikberatung im Praxistest, pp. 51–66.
- Obstacles to accountability in international sports governance. In Global Corruption Report: Sport. Berlin: Transparency International.
- Reflections on disaster loss trends, global climate change and insurance. In J. P. Palutikof et al., eds., Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, pp. 26–33. Chichester: Wiley.
- An evaluation of the FIFA governance reform process of 2011–2013. In S. Frawley and D. Adair, eds., Managing the Football World Cup, pp. 197–221. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Letter from America: A memo to Sir Mark Walport. In R. Doubleday and J. Wilsdon, eds., Future Directions for Scientific Advice in Whitehall, pp. 122–133. Cambridge: Centre for Science and Policy, University of Cambridge.
- Natural disaster losses and climate change. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR 2013), pp. 1455–1461.
- Blown away: Monetary and human impacts of the 2011 U.S. tornadoes. In C. Courbage and W. R. Stahel, eds., Extreme Events and Insurance: 2011 Annus Horribilis, pp. 107–120. Geneva: The Geneva Association.
- Creating useful knowledge: The role of climate science policy. In P. J. Driessen, P. Leroy, and W. van Vierssen, eds., From Climate Change to Social Change, pp. 51–67. Utrecht: International Books.
- Expert advice and the vast sea of knowledge. In A. Bogner, K. Kastenhofer, and H. Torgersen, eds., Inter- und Transdisziplinarität im Wandel?, pp. 169–187. Baden-Baden: Nomos.
- Climate engineering: Alternative perspective. In B. Lomborg, ed., Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Overview and critique of presidential science advising: Introduction. In Presidential Science Advisors: Perspectives and Reflections on Science, Policy and Politics. Dordrecht: Springer.
- Climate prediction: A limit to adaptation? In W. N. Adger, I. Lorenzoni, and K. L. O'Brien, eds., Adapting to Climate Change: Thresholds, Values, Governance, pp. 64–78. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Detection and attribution: The case of escalating damage from extreme events. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 6.
- Case studies in disaster losses and climate change (with contributions from P. Höppe and S. McIntyre). In Proceedings of the 15th 'Aha Huliko'a Winter Workshop on Extreme Events, pp. 131–140. Honolulu: University of Hawaii.
- Catastrophe losses in the context of demographics, climate, and policy. In Managing the Changing Landscape of Catastrophe Risk, 10th Aon Re Australia Biennial Hazards Conference, Queensland.
- Vulnerability to natural disasters. In B. Lomborg, ed., Solutions for the World's Biggest Problems, pp. 178–196. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- The steps not yet taken. In D. L. Kleinman, K. Cloud-Hansen, C. Matta, and J. Handelsman, eds., Controversies in Science and Technology, Vol. 2, pp. 329–351.
- The Kyoto Protocol: What next? In K. Sparks, ed., Encyclopaedia Britannica 2006 Book of the Year, pp. 194–195.
- The precautionary principle (in Italian). In L. Ronconi, ed., Biblioteca: Dizionario per l'uso. Rome: Fondazione Sigma-Tau.
- Science policy. In C. Mitcham, ed., Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, pp. 1699–1705. Detroit: Macmillan Reference.
- Sensitivity analysis. In C. Mitcham, ed., Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics, pp. 1751–1752. Detroit: Macmillan Reference.
- Abortion, tornadoes and forests: Thinking about science, politics and policy. In J. Bowersox and K. Arabas, eds., Forest Futures: Science, Politics and Policy for the Next Century, pp. 143–152. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Il significato della scienza (in Italian). In P. Donghi, ed., Il governo della scienza, pp. 85–105. Rome: Laterza.
- The role of models in prediction for decision. In C. D. Canham, J. J. Cole, and W. K. Lauenroth, eds., Models in Ecosystem Science, pp. 111–135. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- Contrast between predictive and vulnerability approaches. In R. A. Pielke Sr. and L. Bravo de Guenni, eds., Part E of P. Kabat, ed., Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate: A New Perspective on an Interactive System, pp. 678–685. Berlin: Springer (IGBP Synthesis).
- Predictability and uncertainty. In R. A. Pielke Sr. and L. Bravo de Guenni, eds., Part E of P. Kabat, ed., Vegetation, Water, Humans and the Climate, pp. 671–677. Berlin: Springer (IGBP Synthesis).
- Public-private provision of weather and climate services: Defining the policy problem. Appendix B in Fair Weather: Effective Partnerships in Weather and Climate Services, pp. 87–102. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
- Extreme events (hurricanes). In Handbook of Weather, Climate and Water. New York: John Wiley.
- Joanne Simpson: An ideal model of mentorship. In Cloud Systems, Hurricanes, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM): A Tribute to Dr. Joanne Simpson, pp. 17–24. Boston: American Meteorological Society.
- Prospects for reducing vulnerability to hurricanes. In R. Simpson, R. Anthes, and M. Garstang, eds., Hurricane! Coping with Disaster: Progress and Challenges since Galveston, 1900. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.
- La Niña, El Niño, and U.S. Atlantic hurricane damages. In M. H. Glantz, ed., La Niña and Its Impacts: Facts and Speculation, p. 119ff. Tokyo: United Nations University Press.
- Weather extremes and climate impacts. In Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change. London: John Wiley.
- Flood impacts on society: Damaging floods as a framework for assessment. In D. Parker, ed., Floods, Chapter 21. London: Routledge.
- Policy responses to the 1997/1998 El Niño: Implications for forecast value and the future of climate services. In S. Changnon, ed., El Niño 1997–1998: The Climate Event of the Century, Chapter 7. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Summary: Surprises, lessons learned, and legacy of El Niño 1997/1998. In S. Changnon, ed., El Niño 1997–1998: The Climate Event of the Century, Chapter 8. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Decision making and the future of nature: Understanding, using, and producing predictions. In Prediction: Science, Decision Making, and the Future of Nature, Chapter 18. Washington, DC: Island Press.
- Short-term weather prediction: An orchestra in search of a conductor. In Prediction, Chapter 5. Washington, DC: Island Press.
- Introduction: Death, taxes, and environmental policy. In Prediction, Chapter 1. Washington, DC: Island Press.
- Introduction to storms. In Storms, Chapter 1. London: Routledge.
- Moving beyond the 100-year flood: Redefining flood policies for human time scales. In Watershed Management and Operations Management 2000, pp. 1–9. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers.
- Trends in flood and hurricane impacts in the U.S.: A selected review of recent research. In Elements of Change 1998, pp. 334–341. Aspen, CO: Aspen Global Change Institute.
- The U.S. Global Change Research Program. In Oxford Historical Guide to American Government, pp. 267–269. New York: Oxford University Press.
- The National Center for Atmospheric Research. In Oxford Historical Guide to American Government, pp. 74–75. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Forecasting danger: The science of disaster prediction. Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Yearbook, December.
- 1997 Red River floods: What went wrong? In Proceedings of the 1998 International Water Resources Engineering Conference, pp. 762–767. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers.
- Societal vulnerability to hurricanes: Considerations on the use of long-range forecasts. In H. Diaz and R. Pulwarty, eds., Hurricanes: Climatic Change and Socioeconomic Impacts, pp. 147–184. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
- On assessing societal exposure to hurricanes. In Elements of Change 1996, pp. 255–264. Aspen, CO: Aspen Global Change Institute.
- Reappraising the Space Shuttle program. In Proceedings of SPACE '92. Washington, DC: American Society of Civil Engineers.
- The Space Shuttle program: Performance versus promise. In R. Byerly Jr., ed., Space Policy Alternatives, pp. 223–245. Boulder: Westview Press.
- The future of the Space Station program. In R. Byerly Jr., ed., Space Policy Alternatives, pp. 199–222. Boulder: Westview Press.
Reports and Monographs
- The Science vs. the Narrative vs. the Voters: Clarifying the Public Debate Around Energy and Climate. Washington, DC: American Enterprise Institute, July.
- Serious Problems Found in a Partial Replication of Bermon and Garnier (2017). The Science of Sport.
- Report of Investigation into Cross-US Run Attempt by Rob Young. SKINS.
- Adaptation for a High-Energy Planet: A Climate Pragmatism Project. CSPO, Arizona State University, and The Breakthrough Institute, 40 pp.
- An Ecomodernist Manifesto. ecomodernism.org.
- High-Energy Innovation: A Climate Pragmatism Project. CSPO, Arizona State University, and The Breakthrough Institute, 44 pp.
- Our High-Energy Planet: A Climate Pragmatism Project. The Breakthrough Institute and CSPO, Arizona State University, 28 pp.
- Market-Based Mechanisms for Climate Change Adaptation. Gold Coast: National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, 129 pp.
- The Rising Costs of Disaster Losses and Its Impact on the Insurance Sector. Report for the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF SD11-17). Sydney: Risk Frontiers.
- Climate Pragmatism: Innovation, Resilience and No Regrets. The Hartwell Analysis in an American Context. Washington, DC: The Breakthrough Institute.
- The Hartwell Paper: A New Direction for Climate Policy after the Crash of 2009. University of Oxford and London School of Economics, 42 pp.
- Usable Science: A Handbook for Science Policy Decision Makers. Boulder: Science Policy Assessment and Research on Climate, University of Colorado.
- A Perspective Paper on Climate Engineering, Including an Analysis of Carbon Capture as a Response to Climate Change. Copenhagen Consensus Center.
- How to Get Climate Policy Back on Course. University of Oxford and LSE Mackinder Programme, 15 pp.
- Science-policy interfaces for more effective governance of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Policy brief on an Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.
- Making Climate Science Useful. Report for the Dutch Government program Knowledge for Climate, 4 September.
- Report on the Misuse of Science in the Administrations of George H. W. Bush (1989–1993) and William J. Clinton (1993–2001). By the students in ENVS 4800, University of Colorado.
- Public-Private-Academic Roles and Responsibilities in the Atmospheric Sciences. Case study for the American Meteorological Society Atmospheric Policy Colloquium.
- Flood Damage in the United States, 1926–2000: A Reanalysis of National Weather Service Estimates. Boulder: UCAR.
- World Weather Research Program Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project: Social, Societal and Economic Impacts Assessment. Bureau of Meteorology Research Report No. 111.
- The Development of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Case study for the American Meteorological Society Atmospheric Policy Colloquium.
- Societal Value of Improved Precipitation Forecasts: A Case Study in Surface Transportation. Final report to the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory.
- Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001 Edition. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group and American Meteorological Society.
- Understanding Damaging Floods in Iowa: Climate and Societal Interactions in the Skunk and Raccoon River Basins. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group.
- California Flood Damage and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation. NCAR report (SOARS).
- Thirty Years After Hurricane Camille: Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group.
- Extreme Weather Sourcebook: An Educational Report on Damages in the United States Related to Tornadoes, Floods and Hurricanes. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group.
- Hurricane and flood losses in the Mid-Atlantic region. Background paper for the U.S. National Climate Assessment, Pennsylvania State University.
- The Relationship Between Precipitation and Flood Damage. NCAR report (SOARS).
- Normalized Hurricane Damages in Florida, 1925–1995. Report to the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology.
- Midwest Flood of 1993: Weather, Climate, and Societal Impacts. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, 159 pp.
- Hurricane Andrew in South Florida: Mesoscale Weather and Societal Responses. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, 244 pp.
Workshop Reports
- Economic impacts of tropical cyclones. Rapporteur report, Seventh WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones (IWTC-VII).
- Report of the Workshop on Reconciling the Supply of and Demand for Research: Who Benefits? When? How? And Why? Linköping, Sweden. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
- Report of the Workshop on Reconciling the Supply of and Demand for the Science of Science and Innovation Policy (SciSIP), Oslo, Norway. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
- Report of Section 5.1, Factors contributing to human and economic losses. International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones VI, WMO Tropical Meteorology Research Programme Report Series.
- Report of the Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Losses: Understanding and Attributing Trends and Projections. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
- Report of the Workshop on RISA Science Policy. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
- Report of the Workshop on Carbon Cycle Science: Reconciling Supply and Demand. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
- Report of the Symposium on Science, Technology and Security: Knowledge for a Post-9/11 World. Center for Science and Technology Policy Research.
- Report of the U.S. Weather Research Program Workshop on the Weather Research Needs of the Private Sector. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, July: ES53–ES67.
- Report of the Workshop on Risk-Benefit Assessment of Observing System Decision Alternatives. NASA, Boulder, CO.
- Report of the Workshop on the Weather Research Needs of the Private Sector. U.S. Weather Research Program, Palm Springs, CA.
- Report of the Workshop on Extreme Events. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group and Columbia University Center for Science, Policy and Outcomes.
- Report of the Workshop on Prediction in the Earth Sciences: Use and Misuse in Policy Making. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group and The Geological Society of America.
- Report of Section 5.0, Societal impacts. International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones IV, WMO Tropical Meteorology Research Programme Report No. 59, WMO/TD-No. 875.
- Report of the Case Study Workshop on the Use and Misuse of Predictions in the Earth Sciences. NCAR and The Geological Society of America.
- Report of the Workshop on the Social and Economic Impacts of Weather. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group.
- Tropical Cyclones and Climate Variability: A Research Agenda for the Next Century. D. Malmquist, ed. Risk Prediction Initiative, Bermuda Biological Station for Research.
- Societal aspects of weather: Report of the sixth prospectus development team of the U.S. Weather Research Program to NOAA and NSF. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 78: 867–876.
- Report of the Weather Impacts Assessment Workshop. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group.
Workshops and Conferences Organized
- Gordon Research Conference on Science and Technology Policy. Waterville Valley, NH.
- Reconciling the Supply of and Demand for Research: Who Benefits? When? How? And Why? Linköping University, Sweden.
- Reconciling the Supply of and Demand for Research in the Science of Science and Innovation Policy. University of Oslo and Research Council of Norway, Oslo, 12–14 May.
- Balanced Earth: A Conversation with the Governors of Colorado, West Virginia, and Wyoming. University of Colorado, 14 September.
- Climate Change and Disaster Losses: Understanding and Attributing Trends and Projections. Hohenkammer, Germany, 25–26 May. Sponsors: NSF, Munich Re, GKSS Research Center, Tyndall Centre.
- Science Policy Decisions in the NOAA RISA Programs. Honolulu, 15–17 August. Sponsor: NSF.
- Reconciling Supply of and Demand for Carbon Cycle Science. Fort Collins, CO, 16–17 September. Sponsor: NOAA.
- Science, Technology and Security: Knowledge for a Post-9/11 World. Boulder, 10–11 October. Sponsors: University of Colorado, Colorado State University, University of Denver, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
- NASA Workshop on Risk-Benefit Assessment of Observing System Decision Alternatives. Boulder, 18–20 June.
- Weather Research Needs of the Private Sector. Palm Springs, CA, 29 November–1 December. Sponsor: U.S. Weather Research Program.
- Extreme Events: Developing a Research Agenda for the 21st Century. Boulder, 7–9 June. Sponsor: NSF.
- Workshop on the Use and Misuse of Prediction in the Earth Sciences for Policy Making. Estes Park, CO, 10–12 September. Sponsor: NSF.
- Case Study Workshop on the Use and Misuse of Prediction in the Earth Sciences. NCAR, Boulder, 10–12 July. Sponsors: NSF, Geological Society of America.
- Workshop on the Social and Economic Impacts of Weather. NCAR, Boulder, 2–4 April. Sponsors: USWRP, EPRI, UCAR, AMS, White House Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction, NCAR.
- U.S. Weather Research Program Prospectus Development Team on Social and Economic Aspects of Weather. NSF, Arlington, VA, 13–15 May.
- Weather Impacts Assessment Workshop. NCAR Environmental and Societal Impacts Group, Boulder, 8–9 August.