TY - BOOK ID - 30663276 TI - Changing the atmosphere AU - Miller, Clark A AU - Edwards, Paul N PY - 2001 SN - 0262279819 1423725433 9780262279819 0262632195 0262133873 9780262632195 9780262133876 9781423725435 PB - Cambridge, Mass. MIT Press DB - UniCat KW - Environmental management KW - Global environmental change KW - Climatic changes KW - Nature KW - Globalization KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Environmental Sciences KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Global cities KW - Globalisation KW - Internationalization KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Climate change KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Environmental change, Global KW - Global change, Environmental KW - Global environmental changes KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental aspects KW - International relations KW - Anti-globalization movement KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Change KW - Ecology KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change science KW - Environmental management. KW - Global environmental change. KW - Climatic changes. KW - Globalization. KW - Effect of human beings on. KW - ENVIRONMENT/Environmental Politics & Policy KW - Anthropogenic effects on nature KW - Ecological footprint KW - Human beings KW - Anthropogenic soils KW - Human ecology KW - Climatic changes - Environmental aspects KW - Nature - Effect of human beings on UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30663276 AB - In recent years, Earth systems science has advanced rapidly, helping to transform climate change and other planetary risks into major political issues. Changing the Atmosphere strengthens our understanding of this important link between expert knowledge and environmental governance. In so doing, it illustrates how the emerging field of science and technology studies can inform our understanding of the human dimensions of global environmental change. Incorporating historical, sociological, and philosophical approaches, Changing the Atmosphere presents detailed empirical studies of climate science and its uptake into public policy. Topics include the scientific, political, and social processes involved in the creation of scientific knowledge about climate change; the historical and contemporary role of expert knowledge in creating and perpetuating policy concern about climate change; and the place of science in institutions of global environmental governance such as the World Meteorological Organization, the Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Together, the essays demonstrate fundamental connections between the science and politics of planet Earth. In the struggle to create sustainable forms of environmental governance, they indicate, a necessary first step is to understand how communities achieve credible, authoritative representations of nature.ContributorsPaul N. Edwards, Dale Jamieson, Sheila Jasanoff, Chunglin Kwa, Clark Miller, Stephen D. Norton, Stephen H. Schneider, Simon Shackley, Frederick Suppe ER -