Individual and Collective Responses to Global Warming

科学、技术和社会研究的中心重点是研究科学和科学工具在社会和组织决策中的应用。近年来，气候学家和其他大气科学家越来越关注二氧化碳和微量气体引起全球变暖的可能性。针对这种可能性，正在考虑采取政策行动。这是一个科学复杂性和不确定性的领域，价值观在其中具有重要影响，社区和正义问题值得重要考虑。该奖项将使科罗拉多大学博尔德分校（University of Colorado-Boulder）一位专门研究应用伦理学的哲学家能够与位于博尔德校区的国家大气研究中心（National Center for Atmospheric Research）的自然、物理和社会科学家一起研究全球变暖现象和预测影响的社会经济模型。他们将协助他研究这些领域的文献，允许他研究这些领域的文献，并允许他参与一些研究实验和练习。特别是，他将研究有关预测影响的个案-情景方法的方法问题。这些研究将构成审查和评估基于不同道德要求的政策选择的基础。最终成果包括个人和合作的报告和出版物。这个项目解决了一个非常重要的问题。首席研究员和他的接待专家是唯一有资格承担这项工作的人。制度支持非常好。在本奖项结束后，合作努力可能会继续。结果很可能得到适当的传播和有用。因此建议奖励36 000美元。

A central focus in science, technology and society studies examines uses of science and scientific tools in societal and organizational decision-making. In recent years, climatologists and other atmospheric scientists have become increasingly concerned about the possibility of global warming induced by carbon dioxide and trace gases. Policy actions are under consideration in response to this possibility. This is an area of scientific complexity and uncertainty, where values have important influence and questions of community and justice deserve important consideration. This award will enable a philosopher at the University of Colorado-Boulder who specializes in applied ethics to study the phenomena of global warming and socio-economic models of projected impacts with natural, physical and social scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, also on the Boulder campus. They will assist him to study the literature in these fields and allow him to study the literatures in these fields and allow him to participate in some research experiments and exercises. In particular, he will work on methodological issues regarding the Case-Scenario Approach to the projection of impacts. These studies will form the basis for a review and assessment of policy options based on alternative moral claims. Final products are expected to include both individual and collaborative presentations and publications. This project addresses a very important issue. The principal investigator and his host specialists are uniquely well-qualified to undertake it. Institutional support is very good. Collaborative efforts are likely to continue after the period of this award. Results are likely to be appropriately disseminated and useful. An award in the amount of $36,000 is therefore recommended.