The IPCC and treatment of uncertainties: Topics and sources of dissensus

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 663-676

  Adler, Carolina E ^a   Hirsch Hadorn, Gertrude ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ASSESSMENT PROCESS; COMMUNICATING SCIENCE; DELIBERATIVE PROCESS; EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; SCOPE OF APPLICATION; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; USER PERSPECTIVES;

AIR NAVIGATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84906245812     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.297     Document Type: Review

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