Ensuring the quality of scientific climate policy advice : in an increasingly pragmatic policy environment, advisors should take a step away from politics

Zusammenfassung: The UN climate summit in Paris will bring about a new bottom-up type of agreement based on voluntary emissions reduction pledges by individual states. This marks the end of the top-down policy paradigm dominant for more than two decades. Scientific advisors should use the paradigm shift manifesting itself in UN negotiations as an opportunity to critically reassess their role in international climate policy. In the future, it will become even more difficult to present findings that are both politically viable and scientifically sound. In situations where these standards conflict, advisors and advisory bodies must resist both political pressures and incentives that undermine scientific integrity. (SWP Comments)

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Online-Ressource (7 S.)
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comments ; 30/2015

Classification
Natürliche Ressourcen, Energie und Umwelt
Keyword
IPCC
Klimaschutz
Klimaänderung
Emissionsverringerung
Internationale Kooperation
Internationale Politik
Umweltpolitik
Erwärmung
Politischer Prozess
Politikberatung
Erde

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
(when)
2015
Creator
Contributor
Bowen, Deborah Anne
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024020912110350271749
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