Open AccessA scientific backdrop to climate change policy
Author(s) -
Sean Weaver
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v2i1.4185
Subject(s) - climate change , investment (military) , politics , climate science , natural resource , environmental ethics , political science , natural (archaeology) , natural resource economics , resource (disambiguation) , political economy , economics , history , law , ecology , computer science , philosophy , archaeology , computer network , biology
Never before in history have we known so much about the earth and our interactions with it. Science has been a great investment, and now scientists the world over are sending a solemn warning: we are changing the climate, and the threat this poses to the economy and society is significant. These threats are not merely a marginal concern. They relate to the natural resource backbone of economic and political life.