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

By Gabriele Gramelsberger

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642439624
• ISBN13: 9783642439629
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"