Climate summaries 'for grownups,' but not too difficult for policymakers
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 08:41
in Earth & Climate
Offering a rare insider analysis of the climate assessment process, experts examined the writing and editing procedures by which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change creates summaries of their findings for policymakers. Despite recent critiques that these summaries are too difficult for non-experts, researchers found them comparable to reference texts in terms of reading comprehension level.