tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post6509777158770063638..comments2023-07-23T17:04:05.956+02:00Comments on The frog that jumped out: Climate change: we are losing the debateUgo Bardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18231859786466899924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-70401866758081012682013-09-29T04:27:21.391+02:002013-09-29T04:27:21.391+02:00"If we really wanted to solve the problem (do..."If we really wanted to solve the problem (do we?)..."<br /><br />Max,<br />Good question.<br />I'm not sure "we" do.Lucas Durandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978045535093722565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-46425040492221686302013-09-27T19:50:58.705+02:002013-09-27T19:50:58.705+02:00....establishing (or trying to establish) causes, .......establishing (or trying to establish) causes, effects, impacts and consequences, and courses of action are interlinked processes. Compartementalzing them and saying that certain groups e.g. scientists, or politicians or policy-makers, or engineers, or technologists, or administrators or others can only be involved in their own specialized field of expertise during a particular phase and that a "baton" can be passed from one group to the next as in a relay race is certainly flawed. And in particular if at every hand off special interests and the media distort the messages or information or misrepresent it. If we really wanted to solve the problem (do we?) these different societal groups and communities should sit down and talk together frequently and discuss the problems openly and from various perspectives to try to come up with solutions..in the form of policies, programs, projects and implementing institutions, or of systemic changes and reforms or complete paradigm shifts....Max12345https://www.blogger.com/profile/12365889922647112795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4079934161985715000.post-22315525029381774322013-09-27T19:41:29.509+02:002013-09-27T19:41:29.509+02:00The word "risk" appears in the title of ...The word "risk" appears in the title of a special report. Otherwise, various terms related to "danger" (i.e., peril, hazard, threat, menace, jeopardy endangerment, injury, and harm) also do not appear anywhere in the Approved Summary Report for Policymakers.bill.everetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16920758387477620473noreply@blogger.com