Presentation
The authority of the IPCC First Assessment Report and the manufacture of consensus
English Conference Papers, Posters and Proceedings
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Disciplines
Publication Date
11-1-2009
Conference Title
National Communication Association Conference
Conference Date
November 2009
Geolocation
(41.8781136, -87.62979819999998)
Abstract
The word “consensus” does not appear in the first report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change back in 1989. It appears prominently, however, when scientists associated with Working Group I represented the report’s findings to the public. This early commitment to “consensus” talk legitimated opponents’ attacks on the existence of a scientific consensus, locked the scientific community in to defending a rigid position, and lead the public debate in unhelpful directions for twenty years. There were alternatives.
Copyright Owner
Jean Goodwin
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Citation Information
Jean Goodwin. "The authority of the IPCC First Assessment Report and the manufacture of consensus" Chicago, IL, United States(2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeangoodwin/32/
This paper was presented at the National Communication Association conference, Chicago, November, 2009.