Distorting the view of our climate future: The misuse and abuse of climate pathways and scenarios

2020/12/25 by Roger Pielke, Roger A. Pielke, Justin Ritchie · 1 voice · 2 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Environmental Science · #Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics #Climate Change Policy and Economics #Climate variability and models

paper · doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101890

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• Sure we do Comments welcomed Pielke Jr, R., & Ritchie, J. (2021). Distorting the view of our climate future: The misuse and abuse of climate pathways and scenarios. Energy Research & Social Science, [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]