ISGP Podcast: Lost in Translation

Why do climate science and communication seem to be in a constant battle with one another? Climate-model uncertainty is part of the reason, posing a significant challenge to effective science communication.  Why climate models are inherently uncertain, and strategies for explaining this uncertainty to the public and policy makers were discussed in the debate of a paper by Mr. Keith Dixon, research meteorologist for the Climate Impacts and Extremes Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab, Princeton, N.J., U.S.  Mr. Dixon’s paper, From Global Climate Perspectives to Regional Planning: Matching What Science Can Supply with Decision Maker Demands, was debated in February 2015, in Tucson, Arizona, at the conference Living with Less Water.

This podcast is part of the Institute on Science for Global Policy podcast series The Forum.