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Climate Change, Risk Management, and Science
Fordham University Symposium on Climate Change, Economics, and Energy Finance, 2012
 Jan W. Dash, PhD
Visiting Research Scholar, Fordham University Climate Initiative Chair, Unitarian Universalist UN Office
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Outline
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Climate Science – General Remarks
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Climate Impacts
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Climate Risk Management
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Climate Ethics
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Climate Science – General Remarks
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Science = Web of evidence, different sources
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Observations
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Physics, models, theory
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Science is not Mathematics
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You never “prove” anything in science
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Always uncertainties (maybe small, maybe big)
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However can be relatively sure about some things
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Scientists are skeptics
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Once convinced, skeptical on contrarian claims
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Why should we care about climate science?
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Informs us about risk from climate change
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Input into public policy, e.g. on renewable energy
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