Do We Need Better Predictions to Adapt to a Changing Climate

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Technical knowledge, discursive spaces and politics at the science - policy interface (2013, background): “Dessai et al. (2009) in fact explain that decisions can be taken when uncertainty prevails if political will exists: this would indicate that the current lack of progress on the climate change governance agenda is indeed political and does not depend on science producing more knowledge.”
The end of model democracy? (2010, background): “This emphasizes the need for decisions that are robust against alternative future climate outcomes (Dessai et al. 2009; Lempert and Schlesinger 2000) and that allow adjustments when new evidence emerges.”
The effect of perceived and assessed knowledge of climate change on public policy concerns: An empirical comparison (2014, background): “However, if sufficient political will exists, policymakers may still act, even in uncertain environments (Dessai et al., 2009).”
Rethinking biodiversity: from goods and services to “living with” (2013, background): “Second, effective action does not necessarily require precise information, even though the lack of such information is often used as a reason not to take action (Dessai et al. 2009).”
The Right Stuff? Informing Adaptation to Climate Change in British Local Government (2015, background): “For this vulnerability assessments of critical thresholds and costs of near-term strategies are more relevant than probabilistic futures of the climate in 2080s (Dessai et al., 2009).”