1 Introduction to the Volume ................................... 1
Johann Feichter and Gabriele Gramelsberger
2 Modelling the Climate System: An Overview .................... 9
Gabriele Gramelsberger and Johann Feichter
3 Climate Simulation, Uncertainty, and Policy Advice -
The Case of the IPCC ........................................ 91
Arthur С. Petersen
4 Dealing with Uncertainty - From Climate Research to
Integrated Assessment of Policy Options .................... 113
Hermann Held
5 Uncertainty in Climate Policy - Impacts on Market
Mechanisms ................................................. 127
Alex Vasa and Axel Michaelowa
6 Insuring Climate Change - Managing Political and Economic
Uncertainties in Flood Management .......................... 145
Michael Huber
7 Climate Science, Weather and Climate Engineering, and
Scientific Objectivity ..................................... 159
William R. Cotton
8 Utilizing Participatory Scenario-Based Approaches to
Design Proactive Responses to Climate Change in the Face
of Uncertainties ........................................... 171
Livia Bizikova, Sarah Burch, John Robinson, Alison Shaw,
and Stephen Sheppard
9 Image Politics: Picturing Uncertainty. The Role of
Images in Climatology and Climate Policy ................... 191
Birgit Schneider
About the Authors ............................................. 211
Abbreviations and Glossary .................................... 217
Index ......................................................... 237
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