{"id":328,"date":"2023-10-06T07:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T07:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=328"},"modified":"2023-10-09T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:29:26","slug":"328-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rivet-project.se\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide\" id=\"scroll-target\">The RIVET Project  <script>\n  document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() {\n    const scrollTarget = document.getElementById(\"scroll-target\");\n    if (scrollTarget) {\n      window.scrollTo({\n        top: scrollTarget.offsetTop -105,\n        behavior: \"smooth\"\n      });\n    }\n  });\n<\/script> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To plan for a sustainable future, we need to strike a balance between the needs of the present and those of future generations. But how do we do that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-3-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">The RIVET project is about how values and normative assumptions play a role in climate economics that guide public policy and decision making, and how these values are best managed in democratically legitimate ways. The project uses the philosophy of science, together with theories of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=514\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=514\">deliberative democracy,<\/a><\/strong> to address<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=487\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=487\">value assumptions<\/a><em> <\/em><\/strong>in ways that are both democratically and scientifically legitimate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized has-custom-border is-style-rounded\" id=\"scroll-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trees-3822149_1920-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-400\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:40px;width:536px;height:357px\" width=\"536\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rivet-project.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trees-3822149_1920-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rivet-project.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trees-3822149_1920-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rivet-project.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trees-3822149_1920-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rivet-project.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trees-3822149_1920-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rivet-project.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/trees-3822149_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Costs of Climate Change &nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the face of climate change, we are confronted with pressing questions. What will be the consequences of climate change across different timeframes? What\u2019s the price for mitigating these effects? Who should bear the costs \u2013 our current generation or future ones? Should we exhaust all resources now to cut emissions immediately and minimize future risks, or should we entrust the problem to the next generation, assuming they will have greater means to address it?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-3-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=471\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=471\">Climate Economics<\/a><\/strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=471\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=471\"> <\/a><\/em>addresses these questions head on, often with the explicit aim of trying to help policymakers. The answers it provides, and the methodologies used, are central in shaping the policies we adopt. The reason to examine climate economics stems from the urgency of climate change and how deep climate economics is integrated into the broader field of climate science.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-3-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Climate economics is not a marginal discipline in the context. Their models and predictions have considerable influence both in the politics of climate change, and within climate science more broadly construed. Conventional climate models need so-called emission scenarios as inputs, and these scenarios are typically provided by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=494\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=494\">integrated assessment models.<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploring Values and Assumptions &nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-3-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">In the RIVET Project, we examine the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=487\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=487\">values<\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=487\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=487\">normative assumption<\/a>s<\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>that underlie climate economics. We study what these mean for our understanding of climate economics and how we can enhance it in policy and decision-making.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What do we mean by values and normative assumptions? According to a traditionalist conception of what is now called the \u2018science-policy interface\u2019 the appropriate division of labor and responsibilities between scientific institutions on the one hand and political institutions on the other can be achieved by paying close attention to the distinction between facts and values. In short, science provides the facts and politicians (or decision-makers) the values. Science can be informative in activities such as planning or decision making exactly because it is \u2018value-free\u2019. An abandonment of this ideal would on this conception involve an unacceptable concession on the part of the scientist and reduce scientific claims to mere opinion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Uncertainties in Climate Economics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-3-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">There are uncertainties involved when addressing the questions of climate change mitigation. For example, the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=496\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=496\">cost<\/a> <\/strong>of climate change depends on many factors, including how the climate system responds to increasing greenhouse gas concentration. Our future actions, economic adaptations to rising temperatures, and shifts in our values are uncertain. Managing these uncertainties is not just a technical challenge; it involves evaluating risks. How concerned should we be about unforeseen tipping points and dynamic thresholds?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Value assumptions not only impact the management of uncertainties but also raise ethical questions, such as intertemporal discounting.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If value assumptions are indirectly involved in managing risks and uncertainties in scientific representations such as climate models, there are also ways in which value assumptions in more obvious ways take centre stage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click on the words in the text that you want to learn more about. &nbsp;<br>Visit our Blog, Research page or About page through the boxes below or at the top menu. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=356\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"356\">Swedish version<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d2da2050 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-bd2b332ed51732a23d9f10461ae4961a is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#f7821b69;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>BLOG<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Check out our blog with definitions and concepts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-css-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#000000;color:#000000\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5085c286 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=60\" style=\"background-color:#000000\">BLOG<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-b4d3d8ef4ec607d6b2109dfbcc81026e is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#2a734c70;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>RESEARCH<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Check out the most recent research within the project<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5085c286 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=62\" style=\"background-color:#000000\">RESEARCH<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-29e787d45300060e5185682d840657bf is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#2a517352;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"patron\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>ABOUT<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Learn more about the project and our project group<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-5085c286 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background no-border-radius wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/rivet-project.se\/?page_id=2\" style=\"background-color:#000000\">ABOUT<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RIVET Project To plan for a sustainable future, we need to strike a balance between the needs of the present and those of future generations. 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