Global Change, 2012 Interviews with Leading Climate Scientists SpringerBriefs in Earth System Sciences Series

Introduction.- Hans Oerlemans: Understanding does not imply predictive power.- Hans von Storch: We always make models for something, not of something.- Erland Källén: Time means are more predictable than the instantaneous state.- Andrew J. Weaver: The large scale dynamics are reasonably well understood, un-certainty lies in the parametrization of small-scale processes.- Martin Parry: It is the poor and the marginalized that are hit hardest by climate change.- Stephane Hallegatte: When deciding about long-term strategies, irreversibility is a key point.- J. Donald Hughes: The Montreal Agreement is a good example of how to deal with a global environmental problem.

Interviews with leading researchers give an up-to-date overview of climate science

First-hand information on all relevant aspects of climate change

It becomes clear what the acknowledged facts are and what is still controversial

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras