Book ; Online ; E-Book: Climate uncertainty and risk
rethinking our response
(Anthem environment and sustainability initiative)
2023
Abstract: In Climate Uncertainty and Risk, Judith Curry shows how we can break the gridlock surrounding ...
| Author's details | by Judith A. Curry |
|---|---|
| Series title | Anthem environment and sustainability initiative |
| Abstract | In Climate Uncertainty and Risk, Judith Curry shows how we can break the gridlock surrounding the climate debate. This book helps us rethink the climate change problem, the risks we are facing and how we can respond. Cover -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figure and Tables -- Description -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Foreword -- Part One The Climate Change Challenge -- Chapter One Introduction -- 1.1 What Is "Climate Change"? -- 1.2 What We Know with Confidence -- 1.3 Is Global Warming Dangerous? -- 1.3.1 The Goldilocks Dilemma -- 1.3.2 Defining "Dangerous" -- 1.3.3 The Catastrophe Narrative -- 1.3.4 Vulnerability to Climate Change -- Chapter Two Consensus, or Not? -- 2.1 The Problem of Overconfidence -- 2.2 Why Scientists Disagree -- 2.3 Biases Caused by a Consensus Building Process -- 2.4 Heresy, Doubt, and Denial -- 2.4.1 Scientific Skepticism -- 2.4.2 Climate Heretics -- 2.4.3 Challenging the Consensus on COVID-19 Origins -- 2.5 Rethinking Consensus Messaging -- Chapter Three The Climate Change Response Challenge -- 3.1 Inconvenient Truths -- 3.2 The Sustainability Trap -- 3.2.1 Resilience and the Tension with Sustainability -- 3.2.2 Thrivability and Anti-Fragility -- 3.3 Warming Is Not the Only Problem -- 3.4 Tame Problem or Wicked Mess? -- Chapter Four Mixing Science and Politics -- 4.1 Models of the Science-Policy Interface -- 4.2 Politicizing Climate Science -- 4.3 Scientizing Climate Policy -- 4.4 Climate Scientists and Power Politics -- 4.5 Institutional Politics of Climate Science -- Part Two Uncertainty of Twenty-First Century Climate Change -- Chapter Five The Climate Change "Uncertainty Monster" -- 5.1 The Uncertainty Monster -- 5.2 Uncertainty Typologies -- 5.2.1 Level of Uncertainty -- 5.3 Uncertainty and the IPCC -- 5.4 Taming the Uncertainty Monster -- Chapter Six Climate Models -- 6.1 Global Climate Models -- 6.1.1 Complexity and Chaos -- 6.1.2 Model Calibration and Tuning -- 6.1.3 Ensemble Modeling Techniques -- 6.2 Climate Model Inadequacies and Uncertainties. |
| Keywords | Electronic books |
| Language | English |
| Size | 1 Online-Ressource (277 Seiten) |
| Publisher | Anthem Press |
| Publishing place | London |
| Publishing country | Great Britain |
| Document type | Book ; Online ; E-Book |
| Remark | Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer |
| HBZ-ID | HT030055709 |
| ISBN | 978-1-78527-818-1 ; 9781785278167 ; 9781839989254 ; 1-78527-818-5 ; 1785278169 ; 1839989254 |
| Database | ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture |
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