Content: Science, Policy, and Wicked Problems Linda Courtenay Botterill and Geoff Cockfield Section I Managing Risk Risk, Expertise, and Drought Management Geoff Cockfield The Science and Policy of Climate Variability and Climate Change: Intersections and Possibilities Geoff Cockfield and Stephen Dovers Drought, Climate Change, Farming, and Science: The Interaction of Four Privileged Topics Peter Hayman and Lauren Rickards Section II Science, Evidence, and Policy Scientists and Drought Policy: A US Insider's Perspective Gene Whitney Institutionalising the Science-Policy Interface in Australia John Kerin and Linda Courtenay Botterill Scientific Research in the Drought Policy Process Roger Stone and Geoff Cockfield Reflections on Evidence-to-Policy Processes Daniela Stehlik The Promise and Challenge of Evidence-Based Policy Making Linda Courtenay Botterill Section III From Policy to Action Developing Early Warning and Drought Risk Reduction Strategies Chad A. McNutt, Michael J. Hayes, Lisa S. Darby, James P. Verdin, and Roger S. Pulwarty Ranchers in the United States, Scientific Information, and Drought Risk Cody L. Knutson and Tonya R. Haigh Drought Science and Policy: The Perspectives of Australian Farmers Geoff Cockfield Drought, Risk Management, and Policy: Lessons from the Drought Science-Policy Interface Linda Courtenay Botterill and Geoff Cockfield Index