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A media storm in the world risk society: Enacting scientific authority in the IPCC controversy (2009-10)

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Abstract

The reports on 'errors' in the IPCC assessment reports on climate change caused a media storm in the winter of 2009-10. At the time Maarten Hajer was, as he still is, Director of Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, which was responsible for one of the mistakes. The PBL was subsequently asked by the Dutch parliament to investigate the likelihood of there being more mistakes in the IPCC reports. In this article he reflects on the uses of deliberative theories of governance in handling this crisis in the authority of science.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)452-464
Number of pages13
JournalCritical Policy Studies
Volume6
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2012
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

  • assessment
  • authority
  • climate change
  • deliberative governance
  • IPCC
  • PBL
  • science-policy interface

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