A mapping of global warming research based on IPCC AR4

Bibliographic Data

ID12950720
AuthorsAi Hiramatsu (0000-0002-2942-1998, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author), Nobuo Mimura (0000-0002-7082-9194, Ibaraki University), Akimasa Sumi (The University of Tokyo)
Year2008
Volume3
Issue2
Pages201-213
Publication date2008-09-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainability Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1862-4057 • E-ISSN: 1862-4065
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11625-008-0058-9
OpenAlexW2009155929
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited16

It is easy to get lost in the vast amount of knowledge that is currently produced. In this study, to get a comprehensive picture of current scientific knowledge about global warming issues, we developed a mapping framework for global warming research based on the relationships between nature and human society. The mapping includes seven phases: (1) socioeconomic activity and greenhouse gas emissions, (2) carbon cycle and carbon concentration, (3) climate change and global warming, (4) impacts on ecosystems and human society, (5) adaptation, (6) mitigation, and (7) social systems. We applied the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report to the mapping. The quantity of research results and their reliability were analyzed on the basis of expert judgment to better understand the extent to which current scientific knowledge provides answers to society’s major concerns. The quantity and reliability of answers have increased in phases 2 and 3 relative to research in the Third Assessment Report. Although a large quantity of results have been produced in phases 4 and 6, they are not always sufficient. More studies are required in phases 1, 5, and 7, and the reliability of existing knowledge needs to be improved in these phases. Mapping global warming issues enabled us to visually comprehend the numerous and varied parts of global warming research as a whole and to discern gaps in knowledge and other research shortfalls

Adaptation (eye · Climate change · Environmental resource management · Global warming · Greenhouse gas · Reliability (semiconductor · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics · Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Environmental Science · Psychology · Ecology

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