Governing climate risks in the face of normative uncertainties
Governing climate risks in the face of normative uncertainties
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面对规范不确定性的气候风险治理
DOI:
10.1002/wcc.666
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发表时间:
2020
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影响因子:
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通讯作者:
Céline Kermisch
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作者:
B. Taebi;J. Kwakkel;Céline Kermisch
Governing risks is not only a technical matter, but also a matter of ethical and societal considerations. In this article, we argue that in addition to scientific and technical uncertainties, we need to also address normative uncertainties of risk decisions. We define normative uncertainties as situations where there are different partially morally defensible ‐‐ but incompatible ‐‐ options or courses of action, or ones in which there is no fully morally defensible option. We conceptualize normative uncertainties, distinguishing between the four categories of evolutionary, theoretical, conceptual, and epistemic normative uncertainties. We will show different instances of normative uncertainties in climate adaptation strategies. We finally present two methods for identifying and dealing with normative uncertainties, namely, the Wide Reflective Equilibrium and adaptive planning. Situations of normative uncertainties have always been and will continue to be present in risk decisions and they have often been dealt with in an implicit manner. In this article, we make them explicit, which could lead to better morally informed and justified decisions about climate risks.
影响因子:
9.8
作者:
Chapman, Alexander;Darby, Stephen
通讯作者:
Darby, Stephen