The Case for Clumsiness

• Main Authors: VERWEIJ, Marco, Douglas, Mary, Engel, Christoph, Hendriks, Frank, Lohmann, Susanne, NEY, Steven, Rayner, Steve, Thompson, Michael
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
• Subjects: Policy sciences; Decision making; Politics and culture; Social perception; Political Economy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/126; https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230624887_1
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Most climatologists agree that by burning fossil fuels and engaging in other forms of consumption and production we are increasing the amount of greenhouse gases that float around in the atmosphere. These gases, in trapping some of the sun’s heat, warm the earth and enable life. The trouble is, some...