Probabilities in climate policy advice: A critical comment

Climatic Change

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Betz, Gregor ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE FORECASTING; SCIENTIFIC POLICIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 35148883128     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9313-9     Document Type: Review

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