Climate Change: A Wicked Problem: Complexity and Uncertainty at the Intersection of Science, Economics, Politics, and Human Behavior

Published on: 2015-09-23
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ISBN-13: 9781316419151
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... 2012 to 2100 and to the corresponding value of the total year2100 radiative ... GtC. At the other end of the spectrum, RCP 8.5 represents a policy of weak ... 45 GtCO2 by 2035. However, with actual emissions of 35 GtCO2 in 2013 and ...

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