Dealing with the uncertainties of climate engineering: Warnings from a psychological complex problem solving perspective

Technology in Society

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-40

  Amelung, Dorothee ^a   Funke, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate politics; Complex problem solving; Decision making; Geoengineering technology; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE POLITICS; COMPLEX PROBLEM SOLVING; COMPLEX PROBLEMS; DANGEROUS CLIMATE CHANGES; GEOENGINEERING; PSYCHOLOGICAL SOURCES; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE CHANGE; ERRORS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPLEXITY; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84875800988     PISSN: 0160791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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