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  • Social Science
  • Ethics

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  • Climate change poses significant ethical, legal, and social policy challenges.
  • The phenomenon involves contested science, uncertainty, and risk, complicating policy development.
  • Addressing climate change necessitates an interdisciplinary approach.

Discussion:

  • Focuses on the interplay between uncertainty, values, and policy in climate change.
  • Examines challenges from social, economic, methodological, and ethical viewpoints.
  • Highlights the need for integrating diverse scholarly perspectives.

Key Insights:

  • Climate change policy development is hindered by scientific uncertainty and risk.
  • An interdisciplinary approach is crucial for scientifically and morally justified policies.
  • Understanding the complex interrelations between uncertainty, values, and policy is key.

Outlook:

  • Encourages collaboration among economists, social scientists, and philosophers.
  • Aims to foster robust and feasible climate change policies.
  • Emphasizes the integration of diverse perspectives for effective climate action.