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Scientific Uncertainties, Public Policy, and Global Warming
Author(s) -
William Colglazier E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
policy studies journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1541-0072
pISSN - 0190-292X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1991.tb01882.x
Subject(s) - global warming , government (linguistics) , value (mathematics) , public policy , political science , uncertainty , climate change , public administration , economics , public economics , law , computer science , mathematics , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , machine learning , biology
Whether the uncertainties (about global warming) are large enough to suggest delaying policy responses is not a scientific question per se, but a value judgment… [T]he public and government officials need to know which uncertainties are reducible, which may not be reducible, and how long it may take to narrow the reducible uncertainties. (Schneider, 1989a)