Climate Change and Policy

Inhaltsangabe1 Introduction to the Volume.- 2 Modelling the Climate System - An Overview.- 3 Climate Simulation, Uncertainty, and Policy Advice - The Case of the IPCC.- 4 Dealing with Uncertainty - From climate research to integrated assessment of policy options.- 5 Uncertainty in Climate Policy - Impacts on Market Mechanisms.- 6 Insuring climate change - Managing political and economic uncertainties in flood management.- 7 Climate Science, Weather and Climate Engineering, and Scientific Objectivity.- 8 Utilizing participatory scenario-based approaches to design proactive responses to climate change in the face of uncertainties.- 9 Image Politics - Picturing uncertainty. The role of images in climatology and climate policy.- 10 Glossary and Abbreviations.- 11 Authors.- 12 Index.

Gabriele Gramelsberger investigates as a science philosopher at the FU Berlin the influence of computer based simulations as new scientific tools for knowledge production, in particular in climate research. Since 2002 she is a member of the BBAW initiative "Science Policy Studies". 2007 she received the Blankesee-Colloquium Award from the presidents of the Berlin universities and academies.              Johann Feichter is head of the group "Aerosols, Clouds and Climate" at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology Hamburg. He worked on the development of the German climate model and contributed to the 3rd and 4th IPCC assessment reports.