Climate Science as Political Art

Shortly after "Climategate" in 2009 Brian Wynne at Lancaster University published a paper on how current climate policies are strictly relating to the "truth or falsity of the proposition that human behaviour is responsible" for it. The importance of it being published after the scandal when it was still very popular validated its importance of looking at climate skepticism from a different angle. He titled the paper Climate Science as political art (beautiful title for a science article!). He brings up a ‘translation’ model, in which policies are, or are not, implemented depending on is somethings is disputed or having a high level of uncertainity. He shows how the actual science of the discipline is more about the understanding and having the possibility of it being true, and that the social and economic human acts are creating understatements on what may happen. Its a very interesting article relating it back to the public readiness. 

Alexander (2009) discussed the efforts behind skepticism and climate myths. He reasoned that the whole point for making false statements was merely to "forestall the implementation of policies which combat climate change." So, once again it all comes down to politics, not necessarily trying to propagate information because one thinks it to be true! 



Wynne, B. Strange Weather, Again Climate Science as Political Art. 2010. Theory, Culture & Society. March. 27. 2-3. 289-305.http://tcs.sagepub.com/content/27/2-3/289.short

Alexander, A. 2009. Debunking the Myths of Climate Scepticism. The New Presence. 2, 56-57.
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/40208478/debunking-myths-climate-scepticism