Contribution to Book
Are Climate Models Global Public Goods?
The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science
(2017)
Abstract
As global climate change became an issue of major international concern beginning in the 1990s, models that accurately replicate observed climate trends and make projections of future changes have become increasingly important tools for both scientists and policy makers. These global and regional models require large investments and major computing power, and have been developed by a handful of government-sponsored institutions and universities, primarily located in the Global North.1Â Over this same timeframe, many other scientific fields have undergone large-scale institutional reorganization, prioritizing research leading to privatizable commercial innovations (Mirowski, 2011, Lave et al., 2010, Lave, 2012; see chapters by Delfanti, Harrison et al., Lave and Robertson, Robinson, and Rossi, this volume).
Disciplines
Publication Date
May 2, 2017
Editor
David Tyfield, Rebecca Lave, Samuel Randalls, Charles Thorpe
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN
9781138922983
DOI
10.4324/9781315685397-20
Citation Information
Leigh Johnson and Costanza Rampini. "Are Climate Models Global Public Goods?" The Routledge Handbook of the Political Economy of Science (2017) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/costanza-rampini/2/