Global comprehensive models in politics and policymaking
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Comprehensive, predictive models are essential to national and international policymaking in the global change area. Global change scientists have undertaken two types of effort to approach the problem of comprehensive models. The first involves the use of 'earth systems' models, which couple models of other climate-related systems such as oceans and the atmosphere in climate simulations. The second involves 'integrated assessment models' assess the impacts of human activities on climate. Local and regional policies may also provide new direction to policy change.
Publication Name: Climatic Change
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0165-0009
Year: 1996
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Assumptions on the policy role of the comprehensive modeling of global environmental change are accurate in presenting future developments of the climate models. However, arguments concerning the epistemic community's techno-specificity and globality have compromised the long-term effectiveness of the approach. The arguments also fail to consider public involvement in the sharing of responsibility concerning science and policy.
Publication Name: Climatic Change
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0165-0009
Year: 1996
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Process-based impact models: now and in the future
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An evaluation is presented on several climatic change prediction models. These include the Global Impact Model, which fails to identify economic relationships, and the Future Agricultural Resources Model, which provides more information about economic as well as environmental impacts.
Publication Name: Climatic Change
Subject: Earth sciences
ISSN: 0165-0009
Year: 2000
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