Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
6 - What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017
Book contents
- Climate Change in Practice
- Reviews
- Climate Change in Practice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 What Is the Global Mean Temperature and How Has It Changed?
- 2 Why Does Climate Change?
- 3 What Does It Take to Build a Model of the Climate System?
- 4 How Trustworthy Are Climate Models?
- 5 What Is the Purpose of Regional Climate Downscaling?
- 6 What Is the ‘Cascade of Uncertainty’ and Why Does It Matter?
- 7 What Shapes Climate Vulnerability?
- 8 When Are Climate Forecasts Good Enough to Take Action?
- 9 Who or What Is Most at Risk from Climate Change?
- 10 How Can Urbanites Avoid Becoming Climate Victims or Villains?
- 11 What Is Dangerous Climate Change?
- 12 Why and How Are Carbon Footprints Measured?
- 13 How to Decarbonise Economies?
- 14 How Is It Possible to Adapt to an Uncertain Climate?
- 15 Could or Should Humankind Geoengineer Earth?
- 16 How Is Climate Change Communicated?
- 17 Who Are Climate Experts?
- 18 How Connected Is Climate Change to Other Global Challenges?
- References
- Index
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Climate Change in PracticeTopics for Discussion with Group Exercises, pp. 85 - 102Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017
References
6.4 Further Reading
Fowler, H.J., Blenkinsop, S. and Tebaldi, C. 2007. Linking climate change modelling to impact studies: recent advances in downscaling techniques for hydrological modelling. International Journal of Climatology, 27, 1547–1578.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Van Vuuren, D.P. and Carter, T. 2014. Climate and socio-economic scenarios for climate change research and assessment: reconciling the new with the old. Climatic Change, 122, 415–429.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6.5 Other Resources
Climate Investment Funds – Tajikistan www-cif.climateinvestmentfunds.org/country/tajikistan
IPCC Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Assessment (TGICA): General Guidelines on the Use of Scenario Data for Climate Impact and Adaptation Assessment www.ipcc-data.org/guidelines/TGICA_guidance_sdciaa_v2_final.pdf
KNMI Climate Change Atlas http://climexp.knmi.nl/plot_atlas_form.py
United Nations compendium on methods and tools to evaluate impacts of, and vulnerability and adaptation to, climate change http://unfccc.int/adaptation/nairobi_work_programme/knowledge_resources_and_publications/items/5402.php