Faculty of Sience EES Seminar Series talk – “Science, Values and Decision-Making in Climate Policy”

An activity framed within the University of Calgary’s Energy Research Strategy “Energy Innovations for Today and Tomorrow”. Join us Monday, March 24th for Dr. Thomas Dietz’s Faculty of Science EES Seminar Series presentation. Title: “Science, Values and Decision-Making in Climate Policy.” Time: 3:00 PM Location: EEEL Building, Room 210 SUMMARY: Decision-making around climate change adaptation and mitigation requires an integration of facts and values. Science has evolved mechanisms that lead to respected understandings of facts. Methods such as risk analysis help to take account of scientific uncertainty in decision making. Processes for linking scientific analysis with public deliberation are often used as part of the policy process. However, much less progress has been made in finding appropriate ways to integrate values with facts. In order to develop better approaches to deal with both facts and values, we need to acknowledge multiple forms of expertise about both facts and values, explore sources of uncertainty about values, and consider tools for handling not only value differences but also value uncertainty. These ideas, and the theoretical and empirical literature that underpin them, are explored in the context of adaptive risk management to deal with climate change. For more information about this the talk and Dr. Dietz please go to EES Seminar Series

Location:

EEEL 210

Speaker:

Dr. Thomas Dietz, Assistant Vice Presdient for Environmental Research, Michigan State University

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/faculty-sience-ees-seminar-series-talk-science-values-and-decision-making-climate-policy