From academic science to political hot potato: Climatic change, risk and policy relevance

Climatic Change

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-209

  Pittock, Barrie ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SCIENCE; CLIMATE SCIENTISTS; CLIMATIC CHANGES; HOT-POTATO; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; RISK ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77952599893     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-010-9819-4     Document Type: Article

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