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A Critical Analysis Of Climate Change Policy Research

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  • DALE S. Rothman
  • DUANE Chapman

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After more than a decade of scientific warning, the policy community has begun to take up the challenge of global climate change. This paper considers recent efforts to analyze policymaking in this area. Shortcomings in present policy research include: (i) inconsistencies in data and methods, (ii) myopic vision of available options, (Hi) overly anthropocentric cost/benefit assessments, (iv) inadequate treatment of uncertainly and irreversibility, (v) lack of recognition of developing and developed countries' differential motives, (vi) unsatisfactory presentation and interpretation of results, and (vii) limited peer review.

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  • DALE S. Rothman & DUANE Chapman, 1993. "A Critical Analysis Of Climate Change Policy Research," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 11(1), pages 88-98, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:11:y:1993:i:1:p:88-98
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1993.tb00373.x
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