Managing uncertainties: The making of the IPCC's Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 84-100

  Narita, Daiju ^a  

^a KIEL INSTITUTE FOR THE WORLD ECONOMY   (Germany)

Author keywords

climate change; extended peer communities; IPCC; scientific assessment; technology uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW; PUBLIC OPINION; UNCERTAINTY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW; PUBLIC OPINION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; UNCERTAINTY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84856098656     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662510367710     Document Type: Article

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