Episode 15: Interview with Alex Lee – The precautionary principle from the perspective of a scientist – Part 2

Dr Alex Lee delves further into the role of the precautionary principle in the context of climate modelling to assess resilience – essential in adapting to climate change. He considers the case study of landfill sites and caps; and how their vulnerability to climate change should be analysed. Alex then explains how the precautionary principle can be an effective tool before considering more generally how biases in risk assessment can be addressed.