DeSTRESS Film 9: Decision Analysis: Uncertainty and Climate Change
Decision Analysis: Uncertainty and Climate Change (25'36")
This film uses the question of a policy response to climate change as an example of decision making using a regret matrix. It also illustrates Present Value calculations.
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Interviewees:
- James Balog: Founder and Director, Extreme Ice Survey
- Lara Kueppers: School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced
- Robert Nicholls: Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of Southampton; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) author
- James Thompson: Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
The DeSTRESS films are presented by Ken Heather of the University of Portsmouth and produced by StreamLearn LLC. Published online in 2011
Related questions
- MathsEG: PV, NPV & RR
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