Interview: David Stainforth - The differential equation
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2024
- David Stainforth is professor of physics with a deep passion for modelling the dimensions of the climate crisis in a form that is useful for decision makers and the wider population. His book, Predicting Our Climate Future is due out soon.
For him, collaboration between multiple disciplines is absolutely essential, but currently inadequate. In particular, he describes the relationship between physics and economics as akin to the difference between English and Cantonese. The Mint talked to him about the challenges and how they might be addressed. His proposed solution, maybe surprising for a modeller, was to tell tales.
David is a Professorial Research Fellow in the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, and an Honorary Professor in the Physics Department at the University of Warwick. He carries out research on climate science, climate modelling, and their relationship with climate economics and policy. He focuses particularly on uncertainty analysis and on how academic assessments can better support decision making in the context of climate change.