Sentences with phrase «handling uncertainty in science»

My guess is that WUWT folks, including Ron Cram, are misrepresenting the discussion at this March 2010 meeting entitled handling uncertainty in science:

This meeting follows on from the 2010 Anniversary Discussion Meeting on «Handling Uncertainty in Science» but with a focus on weather and climate prediction and downstream applications.

Not exact matches

J. Klabbers, J.P. van der Sluijs and R. Ybema, Handling uncertainties of global climate change: mapping the policy / science interface, in: Milieu - Journal of Environmental Sciences, vol 13, 5, 1998, p. 286 - 296.

Having taken us to task for somehow not properly handling the uncertainties in climate science — an error we did not commit, as I document above — he then proceeds to offer a horrifically misleading summary of what the IPCC actually found about the achievability and cost of meeting the 2 degree goal.

Thus, the handling of uncertainty in science is central to its support of sound policy - making.