An Overview of “Dangerous” Climate Change
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This paper briefly outlines the basic science on climate change, as well as the IPCC assessments on emissions scenarios and climate impacts, to provide a context for the topic of key vulnerabilities to climate change. A conceptual overview of “dangerous” climate change issues and the roles of scientists and policy makers in this complex scientific and policy arena are suggested, based on literature and recent IPCC work in progress. Literature on assessments of “dangerous anthropogenic interference” with the climate system is summarized, with emphasis on recent probabilistic analyses.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005