How do scientific assessments learn? Part 1. Conceptual framework and case study of the IPCC

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 411-420

  Siebenhüner, Bernd ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

IPCC; LRTAP; Organisational learning; Scientific assessment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

EID: 0036792537     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(02)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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