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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology Publisher: ISBN: 9780102175011 Category : Great Britain Languages : en Pages : 114
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This is the fourth case study into the Scientific Advisory System. It is concerned with the way government receives advice and how it deals with scientific uncertainty. it found that climate change is an area where scientific advice was well integrated into policy making. Through close links between the DETR and the Hadley Centre and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Government is well informed of the latest and most authoritative scientific opinion from around the world. The Committee believe that the IPCC model could be usefully adopted for other policy areas of global significance such as genetically modified organisms or ocean pollution.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309145880 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 526
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Climate change is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for-and in many cases is already affecting-a broad range of human and natural systems. The compelling case for these conclusions is provided in Advancing the Science of Climate Change, part of a congressionally requested suite of studies known as America's Climate Choices. While noting that there is always more to learn and that the scientific process is never closed, the book shows that hypotheses about climate change are supported by multiple lines of evidence and have stood firm in the face of serious debate and careful evaluation of alternative explanations. As decision makers respond to these risks, the nation's scientific enterprise can contribute through research that improves understanding of the causes and consequences of climate change and also is useful to decision makers at the local, regional, national, and international levels. The book identifies decisions being made in 12 sectors, ranging from agriculture to transportation, to identify decisions being made in response to climate change. Advancing the Science of Climate Change calls for a single federal entity or program to coordinate a national, multidisciplinary research effort aimed at improving both understanding and responses to climate change. Seven cross-cutting research themes are identified to support this scientific enterprise. In addition, leaders of federal climate research should redouble efforts to deploy a comprehensive climate observing system, improve climate models and other analytical tools, invest in human capital, and improve linkages between research and decisions by forming partnerships with action-oriented programs.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Science and Technology Committee Publisher: ISBN: 9780102396003 Category : Climatic changes Languages : en Pages : 16
Author: Joseph K. Alexander Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Communications NASA History Division ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 308
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This book documents highlights of NASA's interactions with outside scientific advisors over the agency's full lifetime and draws lessons from that history for research managers, decision makers, and scientists.The book is divided into three parts--the first two being focused on history and the third on synthesis and analysis. Part 1 briefly examines early forerunner activities at NACA and in the decade leading up to NASA's formation, and it then considers NASA's use of outside advice during its first three decades. Part 2 picks up the story in 1988 and follows it up to 2016. Part 3 examines a sampling of case studies, discusses recurring characteristics of notably successful advisory activities, and provides a glimpse at what past experience might imply for the future of scientific advice at NASA. The last two chapters provide big-picture summaries of themes that have emerged from earlier discussions.
Author: The Royal Society Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309302021 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 74
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Climate Change: Evidence and Causes is a jointly produced publication of The US National Academy of Sciences and The Royal Society. Written by a UK-US team of leading climate scientists and reviewed by climate scientists and others, the publication is intended as a brief, readable reference document for decision makers, policy makers, educators, and other individuals seeking authoritative information on the some of the questions that continue to be asked. Climate Change makes clear what is well-established and where understanding is still developing. It echoes and builds upon the long history of climate-related work from both national academies, as well as on the newest climate-change assessment from the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It touches on current areas of active debate and ongoing research, such as the link between ocean heat content and the rate of warming.
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change Publisher: ISBN: 9780309154604 Category : Climatic changes Languages : en Pages : 391
Author: Justus Lentsch Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1139502840 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 403
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Controversies over issues such as genetically engineered food, foot-and-mouth disease and the failure of risk models in the global financial crisis have raised concerns about the quality of expert scientific advice. The legitimacy of experts, and of the political decision-makers and policy-makers whom they advise, essentially depends on the quality of the advice. But what does quality mean in this context, and how can it be achieved? This volume argues that the quality of scientific advice can be ensured by an appropriate institutional design of advisory organisations. Using examples from a wide range of international case studies, including think tanks, governmental research institutes, agencies and academies, the authors provide a systematic guide to the major problems and pitfalls encountered in scientific advice and the means by which organisations around the world have solved these problems.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology
Author: National Research Council
Author: Great Britain. Parliament House of Commons. Science and Technology Committee
Author: S. A. Boehmer-Christiansen
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Author: Joseph K. Alexander
Author: The Royal Society
Author: S. Banerjee
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change
Author: UNESCO
Author: Justus Lentsch