Uncertainty
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The definitions below refer to Adaptation to Climate Change.
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European Definitions
RESIN project
The RESIN project [1] gives the following definition:
A state of incomplete knowledge that can result from a lack of information or from disagreement about what is known or even knowable. [2]
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Germany
Uncertainty can result from lack of information or from divergent opinions about what is or can be known. [3]
There may be many causes of uncertainty: faulty data, ambiguous concepts and terminology, or uncertainty about how people will behave. Uncertainty may be expressed in figures – for example where different climate models arrive at different forecasts about the rise in temperature. however, uncertainty may also be a qualitative statement by a team of experts.
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- ↑ http://www.resin-cities.eu/
- ↑ Mach, K.J., S. Planton and C. von Stechow (eds.). Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Annex II: Glossary. [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 117-130.
- ↑ Combating Climate Change: The German Adaptation Strategy
