Scientific uncertainty and climate change: Part II. Uncertainty and mitigation

Climatic Change

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 39-52

  Lewandowsky, Stephan ^a,b   Risbey, James S ^c   Smithson, Michael ^d   Newell, Ben R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FUTURE CLIMATE; PUBLIC DEBATE; SCIENTIFIC UNCERTAINTY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GLOBAL WARMING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901234997     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-014-1083-6     Document Type: Article

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