by Judith Curry The scientific case is strengthening: developed countries are to blame for global warming – and there will soon be a legal reckoning. - Chris Huhne Chris Huhne has an article in the Guardian: It won’t be long … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry [P]utting adaptation and mitigation issues into the broader context of competing needs and limited resources raises moral problems that cannot be easily dismissed. – Hillerbrand and Ghil On a recent thread, someone posted a link to this paper, which … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry Pathological altruism can be conceived as behavior in which attempts to promote the welfare of another, or others, results instead in harm that an external observer would conclude was reasonably foreseeable. Concepts and implications of altruism bias and pathological altruism … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry Failure to communicate the relevant ‘weak link’ is sometimes under-appreciated as a critical element of science-based policy-making. Lenny Smith and Arthur Petersen have written a very interesting and insightful paper Variations on Reliability: Connecting Climate Predictions to Climate Policy, [link] to … Continue reading →
Lets take a look at the new ‘Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage’ agreed to by the UNFCCC COP in Warsaw last week, and its potential for breeding a climate of corruption. Now that the COP19 has concluded, lets … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry The debate on the social cost of carbon is heating up. White House The White House has recently issued a Technical Support Document on the Social Cost of Carbon [link]. Excerpts from the Executive Summary: The … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry This list will help non-scientists to interrogate advisers and to grasp the limitations of evidence - William J. Sutherland, David Spiegelhalter and Mark A. Burgman. Nature has published a very interesting comment, titled Twenty tips for interpreting scientific … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry In addition to traditional fallacies such as ad hominem, discussions of risk contain logical and argumentative fallacies that are specific to the subject-matter. Ten such fallacies are identified, that can commonly be found in public debates on risk. They … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry Informing the extensive preparations needed to manage climate risks, avoid damages, and realize emerging opportunities is a grand challenge for climate change science. Hell and High Water: Practice Relevant Adaptation Science R.H. Moss and 27 coauthors Abstract. U.S. … Continue reading →
by Judith Curry “I chose the…title largely in reaction to the sanctimonious tone employed by so many of those who advocate substantial and and costly responses to what they see as irrefutable evidence that the world’s climate faces catastrophe…To them … Continue reading →
