Downscaling climate models and environmental policy: From global to regional politics

Peter Jacques

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2006, vol. 49, issue 2, 301-307

Abstract: High resolution climate models of regions, or downscaling, promises to be at the forefront of future climate policy research. However, most research in this area is in the natural sciences, and the policy community has not taken full notice of this trend at their doorstep. Downscaling provides more concrete information about local impacts of climate change. This raises several important political issues surrounding extreme events, adaptation, risk and equity and legacy concerns, all of which are briefly addressed. The paper concludes with a call for more social science research on downscaling to accompany the rich geophysical science literature in the topic.

Date: 2006
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