Beyond counting climate consensus

摘要: ABSTRACTSeveral studies have been using quantified consensus within climate science as an argument to foster policy. Recent efforts communicate such scientific attained a high public profile but it is doubtful if they can be regarded successful. We argue that repeated shore up the on minimalist claims “humans cause global warming” are distractions from more urgent matters of knowledge, values, policy framing and engagement. Such force progress through communicating misunderstand relationship between publics policymakers. More important focus genuinely controversial issues debates where expertise might play facilitating role. Mobilizing in calls for judgment, context attention diversity, rather than deferring formal quantifications narrowly claims.