Judith Curry is a climate scientist and the  President (co-owner) of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN).  She was Professor and Chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  She is the host of Climate Etc, a forum for climate researchers, academics and technical experts from other fields as well as citizen scientists to discuss topics related to climate science and policy. Research interests include hurricanes, remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, polar climates, air-sea interactions, climate models, and the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for atmospheric research. She was a member of the National Research Council’s Climate Research Committee, and has published more than 180 scientific papers.In this conversation we discuss the science of climate and the feedbacks that impact the weather. Also the issue and flaws of centralised decisions and solutions as opposed to the often better and more successful local solutions. JudithCurry.comClimate Uncertainty and Risk Judith Curry on XSupport PaulSupport the Show.