论文信息 - Probabilities in climate policy advice: a critical comment

Probabilities in climate policy advice: a critical comment

This essay explores as to whether probabilistic climate forecasting is consistent with the prerequisites of democratic scientific policy advice. It argues that, given the boundaries of our current knowledge, it is highly problematic to assign exact, unconditional probabilities to possible values of climate sensitivity. The range of possible–instead of probable–future climate scenarios is what climate policy should be based on.

Gregor Betz | Gregor Betz

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