Is rainfall really changing? Farmers’ perceptions, meteorological data and the problem of saying ‘climate change’ in Chichewa and Setswana
Agroforestry World (blog), 5 March
Topic: Climate science, uncertainty and risk
Is rainfall really changing? Farmers’ perceptions, meteorological data, and policy implications.
Simelton, E., Quinn, C.H., Batisanic, N., Dougill, A.J., Dyer, J.C., Fraser, E.D.G., Mkwambisie, D., Sallu, S., and Stringer, L.C. February 2013. Climate and Development.
Examination of climate risk using a modified uncertainty matrix framework-Applications in the water sector
Ekström M; Chiew FHS; Young WJ; Kuruppu N; Wilby RL; Fowler HJ; Dessai S (2012) In: Global Environmental Change, . doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2012.11.003
The communication of scientific uncertainty in European national adaptation strategies
Lorenz, S., Dessai, S., Paavola, J., and Forster, P.M. The communication of scientific uncertainty in European national adaptation strategies. January 2013. Working paper, Sustainability Research Institute, Leeds.
Do probabilistic expert elicitations capture scientists’ uncertainty about climate change?
Expert elicitation studies have become important barometers of scientific knowledge about future climate change (Morgan and Keith, Environ Sci Technol 29(10), 1995; Reilly et al., Science 293(5529):430–433, 2001; Morgan … read more »
Communicating on climate change.
Ward, B. 2013. In: ‘Weather’, v.68, p.16-17.
Channelling science into policy: enabling best practices from research on land degradation and sustainable land management in dryland Africa.
Stringer, L.C.. and Dougill, A.J. January 2013. Journal of Environmental Management, v.114, pp.328-335.
Development goals: Science alone cannot shape sustainability
We agree that science can and should inform the sustainable development goals agreed at the Rio+20 conference (G. Glaser Nature 491, 35; 2012). But basing policy decisions on science alone may be unproductive. Experience indicates that political receptiveness to scientific advice is essential for shaping policy. Climate-change policy-makers, for example, continually receive new technical and […]
Laplace’s Demon and climate change
Roman Frigg, Seamus Bradley, Hailiang Du and Leonard A. Smith
Markets Bad, Academia Good: Review of Philip Mirowski’s Science Mart,
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