The Royal Society has announced that it will publish a new guide on the science of climate change to help the public gain a better understanding of the issue. The guide is due to be published this summer.
The new public facing document on climate change will seek to provide an updated status report on the science in an easily accessible form, also addressing the levels of certainty of key components. This had been planned for some time (it is 3 years since the last such document), but was given extra impetus by a number of Fellows who were concerned that older public facing documents could be interpreted as an unwillingness to accept dissenting views. The new document will supersede previous documents.
The document will be prepared by experts from within the Fellowship. As with all policy statements and reports published by the society, the guide will be subject to review by other Fellows with a broad range of views and expertise. The final document will be agreed by the Council of the Society.
Further details on this project is available online at http://royalsociety.org/Climate-Change.
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