Policy implications of uncertainty

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 13 Dec 2011 English Publisher:The Royal SocietyJournal:Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, volume 369, pages 4,932-4,937 (issn: 1364-503X, eissn: 1471-2962,

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Authors: Chris, Smith;

doi: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0111

pmid: 22042905

Policy implications of uncertainty

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I want to begin by discussing three uncertainties: the first uncertainty is about what science says and means, and how conclusive we can all be about it. This is, of course, especially the case in relation to climate change, and the frustrating thing, I suspect, for most people engaged directly in

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