The Science-Policy Interface for Climate Change Adaptation: the Contribution of Communities of Practice Theory

2013 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 368-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Iyalomhe ◽  
Anne Jensen ◽  
Andrea Critto ◽  
Antonio Marcomini
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Communities Of Practice ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Practice Theory ◽  
Science Policy Interface

The Science-Policy Dialogue for Climate Change Adaptation in Mountain Regions

2016 ◽  
pp. 271-292
Author(s):  
Thomas Kohler ◽  
André Wehrli ◽  
Elbegzaya Batjargal ◽  
Sam Kanyamibwa ◽  
Daniel Maselli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy Dialogue ◽  
Mountain Regions

scholarly journals Turning science into policy: challenges and experiences from the science–policy interface

2005 ◽  
Vol 360 (1454) ◽  
pp. 471-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert T Watson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Ozone Depletion ◽  
Stratospheric Ozone ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Global Environmental Change ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Science Policy Interface

This paper discusses key issues in the science–policy interface. It stresses the importance of linking the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to the Millennium Development Goals and to issues of immediate concern to policy-makers such as the economy, security and human health. It briefly discusses the process of decision-making and how the scientific and policy communities have successfully worked together on global environmental issues such as stratospheric ozone depletion and climate change, and the critical role of international assessments in providing the scientific basis for informed policy at the national and international level. The paper also discusses the drivers of global environmental change, the importance of constructing plausible futures, indicators of change, the biodiversity 2010 target and how environmental issues such as loss of biodiversity, stratospheric ozone depletion, land degradation, water pollution and climate change cannot be addressed in isolation because they are strongly interconnected and there are synergies and trade-offs among the policies, practices and technologies that are used to address these issues individually.

scholarly journals Reporting marine climate change impacts: Lessons from the science-policy interface

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 114-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Frost ◽  
John Baxter ◽  
Paul Buckley ◽  
Stephen Dye ◽  
Bethany Stoker
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
Marine Climate

An operation on ‘the neglected heart of science policy’: Reconciling supply and demand for climate change adaptation research

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 ◽  
pp. 117-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peat Leith ◽  
Russell Warman ◽  
Andrew Harwood ◽  
Karyn Bosomworth ◽  
Phillip Wallis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Supply And Demand

scholarly journals From marine climate change impacts to marine legislation: lessons from the science-policy interface

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Frost ◽  
John Baxter ◽  
Paul Buckley ◽  
Stephen Dye ◽  
Bethany Stoker
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Body ◽  
Scientific Integrity ◽  
Marine Biodiversity ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Marine Climate

In recent decades, the body of evidence on climate change including that for marine impacts has grown rapidly leading to a number of challenges, including the need to collate and summarise a large volume of information and to be able to analyse and interpret complex messages for a wide variety of stakeholders from scientists to policy-makers and the wider public. The Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) has been functioning at the science-policy interface for over ten years collating, assessing and interpreting information on marine climate change impacts. This experience, and the fact that the MCCIP model is being more widely adopted nationally and globally, provides an opportunity to look at lessons learned in working in the science-policy interface with a focus on the Scientific Integrity and Independence Risk Management Scheme (SIIRMS). This scheme was developed by MCCIP as a framework for providing climate information and advice to policy and decision-makers. Examples are provided of the impact of MCCIP on policy and the development of marine legislation along with other examples of how marine biodiversity information being utilized for policy needs.

scholarly journals The Science–Policy Interface as a Discourse Network: Finland’s Climate Change Policy 2002–2015

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Kukkonen ◽  
Tuomas Ylä-Anttila
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
Science Policy Interface ◽  
Discourse Coalitions ◽  
Scientific Arguments ◽  
Over Time

In this article, we argue that the science–policy interface can be understood as a discourse network constituted by discursive interaction between scientific organizations and other actors that both use scientific arguments in conjunction with other policy arguments. We use discourse network analysis to investigate the climate change policy process in Finland between 2002 and 2015, focusing on the role of and relationships between scientific actors and arguments in the discourse networks. Our data consist of policy actors’ written testimonies on two law proposals, the ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (2002) and the enactment of the Finnish Climate Law (2015). Our results show that two competing discourse coalitions have influenced the development of climate change policy in the 2000s. In 2002, the dominant coalition was economic, prioritizing economic growth over climate change mitigation. In 2015, the climate coalition that argued for ambitious mitigation measures became dominant. The majority of scientific actors were part of the dominant economy coalition in 2002 and part of the dominant ecology coalition in 2015. The centrality of scientific arguments increased over time, and both discourse coalitions used them progressively more. These developments reflect the increasingly central position of science in Finnish climate policymaking. We contribute to the literature on the science–policy interface by operationalizing the interface as a set of connections in a discourse network and by showing how the analysis of discourse networks and their properties can help us understand the shifts in the role of science in policymaking over time.

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