Between tribalism and trust: The ipcc under the public microscope

Nature and Culture

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-173

  Beck, Silke ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary organization; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); Post normal science; Science communication; Trust

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCEPTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84864411790     PISSN: 15586073     EISSN: 15585468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/nc.2012.070203     Document Type: Article

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