?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Dealing+with+the+uncertainties+of+climate+engineering%3A+Warnings+from+a+psychological+complex+problem+solving+perspective&rft.creator=Amelung%2C+Dorothee&rft.creator=Funke%2C+Joachim&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=Decision-makers+in+the+context+of+climate+politics+are+confronted+with+considerable+uncertainties+due+to+the+complexities+inherent+in+the+relevant+natural+and+social+systems.+Nonetheless%2C+pressure+on+decision-makers+to+find+solutions+to+dangerous+climate+change+is+rising+due+to+the+inertia+in+the+climate+system.+Considering+these+pressures%2C+technological+options+(climate+engineering)+have+been+proposed+to+counteract+the+effects+of+climatic+change.+However%2C+introducing+options+that+bear+their+own+scientific+uncertainties+means+further+adding+to+the+complexity+of+the+situation.+By+adopting+the+psychological+perspective+of+complex+problem+solving+research%2C+we+analyze+one+frequently+neglected+source+of+uncertainty+with+regard+to+climate+engineering%3A+errors+of+the+political+problem-solver+in+his+interaction+with+the+situational+demands+of+complex+problems.+More+specifically%2C+we+examine+the+psychological+sources+for+human+error+that+are+common+in+dealing+with+the+uncertainties+implied+in+this+type+of+problem.+We+will+conclude+from+the+complex+problem+solving+perspective+that+a+consideration+of+climate+engineering+in+the+context+of+climate+change+can+provide+a+dangerous+illusion+of+controllability.&rft.publisher=Elsevier&rft.date=2013&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9039%2F1%2FAmelung%2520Funke%25202013%2520Climate%2520Engineering.pdf&rft.identifier=++Amelung%2C+Dorothee+and+Funke%2C+Joachim++(2013)+Dealing+with+the+uncertainties+of+climate+engineering%3A+Warnings+from+a+psychological+complex+problem+solving+perspective.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9039%2F