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Tackling climate change will require expertise from several fields, Carnegie Mellon professor says
02-18-2007 · EurekAlert!Policymakers can apply the principles of decision science to help the public make informed choices to address global climate change, says Baruch Fischhoff, the Howard Heinz University Professor of Social and Decision Sciences and Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Fischhoff will give a presentation on mobilizing citizens to combat climate change during the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting, February 15-19 in San Francisco.
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