Climate Change and Policy The Calculability of Climate Change and the Challenge of Uncertainty /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gramelsberger, Gabriele (Editor), Feichter, Johann (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Climate change.; Political science.; Atmospheric sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Climate Change Management and Policy.; Political Science.; Climate Change.

The debate on how mankind should respond to climate change is diverse, as the appropriate strategy depends on global as well as local circumstances. As scientists are denied the possibility of conducting experiments with the real climate, only climate models can give insights into man-induced climat...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction to the Volume
• 2 Modelling the Climate System – An Overview
• 3 Climate Simulation, Uncertainty, and Policy Advice - The Case of the IPCC.- 4 Dealing with Uncertainty – From climate research to integrated assessment of policy options
• 5 Uncertainty in Climate Policy – Impacts on Market Mechanisms
• 6 Insuring climate change – Managing political and economic uncertainties in flood management
• 7 Climate Science, Weather and Climate Engineering, and Scientific Objectivity
• 8 Utilizing participatory scenario-based approaches to design proactive responses to climate change in the face of uncertainties
• 9 Image Politics – Picturing uncertainty. The role of images in climatology and climate policy
• 10 Glossary and Abbreviations
• 11 Authors
• 12 Index.