Science Advice to Policy

This week's topic was an important subject in terms of finding a solution to climate change. Scientists advice about policy changes could be some of the most valued advice that climate policy could receive. This is supported by science policy interface. This is the idea that there is a cycle regarding how scientists are related to climate policy. It first starts with the scientists and their research. As scientists are doing research they use the ideas of detection, attribution, and relationships to tie their findings to the climate. Their research is then studied and used to identify necessary changes in climate policy. Finally, these changes are attempted to be implemented into climate policy. In my opinion this process is extremely important. I think this process is important because it relates research and findings done by professionals to climate change, and then the affects of their findings to climate change.  The next thing I would like to talk about is professor O’Reilly’s writings. I think that her writings were very educational on how the climate research is perceived if numbers are not backed by facts. Her first case study and example of how a simple typo can lead to scientists and scientific organizations being attacked by climate skeptics is somewhat concerning. I say this because she shows that even the smallest of mistakes can get blown up way out of proportion. I think that this is unfair to climate scientists but at the same time understand the position taken by climate skeptics who are desperate to shoot down any attempt that suggest climate change is real.