http://youtu.be/WfwgaMHmLkU Practical Philosophies of Climate Modeling Gavin Schmidt (National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS))   Abstract: I give an overview of the practice of developing and using complex climate models, as seen from experiences in a major US center for climate sci - ence and through participation in the [...]

Knowledge Infrastructures and Climate Change Science  Paul Edwards (University of Michigan, Department of History and School ofInformation) Abstract: Climate modeling developed in a series of distinct stages. In the1950s and 1960s, the earliest computer models were built as a “craft” activity by individuals or small groups. By the 1970s, modeling had become a laboratory activity, with larger [...]

 Democratizing Analytics: Scientifically and Ethically Informed Decision Support for Addressing Wicked ProblemsRobert Lempert (Pardee RAND Graduate School, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy and the Future Human Condition)Abstract: Responding to climate change requires both quantitative analysis and ethical reasoning. Ethical reasoning is required because climate change will af - fect many people [...]

Another video from the Climate Modelling conference has been posted on the Institute's YouTube channel. Missing the Forest for the FishEric Winsberg(The University of South Florida, Philosophy Department) Abstract: In a recent series of papers, Roman Frigg, Leonard Smith, and othershave developed a general epistemological argument designed to cast doubt onthe capacity of a broad range of [...]