Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43455 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 2010,7
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
Bayesian networks (BNs) have been increasingly applied to support management and decision-making processes under conditions of environmental variability and uncertainty, providing logical and holistic reasoning in complex systems since they succinctly and effectively translate causal assertions between variables into patterns of probabilistic dependence. Through a theoretical assessment of the features and the statistical rationale of BNs, and a review of specific applications to ecological modelling, natural resource management, and climate change policy issues, the present paper analyses the effectiveness of the BN model as a synthesis framework, which would allow the user to manage the uncertainty characterising the definition and implementation of climate change adaptation policies. The review will let emerge the potentials of the model to characterise, incorporate and communicate the uncertainty, with the aim to provide an efficient support to an informed and transparent decision making process. The possible drawbacks arising from the implementation of BNs are also analysed, providing potential solutions to overcome them.
Subjects: 
Adaptation to Climate Change
Bayesian Network
Uncertainty
JEL: 
Q54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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