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Misdefining “climate change”: consequences for science and action.
- Source :
- Environmental Science & Policy; Dec2005, Vol. 8 Issue 6, p548-561, 14p
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- Abstract: The restricted definition of “climate change” used by the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) has profoundly affected the science, politics, and policy processes associated with the international response to the climate issue. Specifically, the FCCC definition has contributed to the gridlock and ineffectiveness of the global response to the challenge of climate change. This paper argues that the consequences of misdefining “climate change” create a bias against adaptation policies and set the stage for the politicization of climate science. The paper discusses options for bringing science, policy and politics in line with a more appropriate definition of climate change such as the more comprehensive perspective used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
- Subjects :
- CLIMATE change
CLIMATOLOGY
ACCLIMATIZATION
POLICY sciences
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14629011
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Environmental Science & Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19045276
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2005.06.013