The science-policy dialogue in transformation: model-uncertainty and environmental policy

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Hellström
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Model Uncertainty ◽  
Transformation Model ◽  
Policy Dialogue

scholarly journals A Satisficing Framework for Environmental Policy Under Model Uncertainty

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stergios Athanasoglou ◽  
Valentina Bosetti ◽  
Laurent Drouet
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Model Uncertainty ◽  
Probability Distributions ◽  
Success Probability ◽  
Economic Assessment ◽  
Decision Criterion ◽  
Probability Criterion ◽  
Change Context ◽  
Future Consumption ◽  
Point Of Departure

AbstractWe propose a novel framework for the economic assessment of environmental policy. Our main point of departure from existing work is the adoption of a satisficing, as opposed to optimizing, modeling approach. Along these lines, we place primary emphasis on the extent to which different policies meet a set of goals at a specific future date instead of their performance vis-a-vis some intertemporal objective function. Consistent to the nature of environmental policymaking, our model takes explicit account of model uncertainty. To this end, the decision criterion we propose is an analog of the well-known success-probability criterion adapted to settings characterized by model uncertainty. We apply our criterion to the climate-change context and the probability distributions constructed by Drouet et al. (2015) linking carbon budgets to future consumption. Insights from computational geometry facilitate computations considerably and allow for the efficient application of the model in high-dimensional settings.

scholarly journals THE USE AND INFLUENCE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MAKING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NOVA SCOTIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzuette S. Soomai
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coastal Policy ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Science Policy Interface

Governmental organisations produce vast quantities of scientific information on the state of the marine and coastal environment which is often intended to guide policy-making to mitigate or reverse the declining trends in the health of the environment. How scientific information is used and how it influences environmental policy and decision making are however not well understood. The apparent disconnect between the knowledge and information produced by scientists and that used by policy makers is attributed to problems at the science-policy interface. Based on a multi-disciplinary literature review, this paper describes how policy makersseek out and use scientific information within the context of policy design in the 21st century. Best practices for increasing information flows across the science-policy interface are drawn from a study of the awareness, use, and influence of The 2009 State of the Nova Scotia Coast Report in coastal policy making in Nova Scotia.Strategic or rational approaches to policy making can increase the two-way flow of information across the science-policy interface as it facilitates collaboration among multiple actors in information generation, transmis-sion, and use. The production, use, and influence of The 2009 State ofNova Scotia's Coast Report in coastal policy making in Nova Scotia demonstrates the strategic approach to policy making whereby coastal policy is being developed through (i) intergovernmental partnerships, (ii) the use of best available information, (iii) linkages between the policy process and policy output, and (iv) public participation.

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 Breaking monologues in collaborative research: bridging knowledge systems through a listening-based dialogue of wisdom approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Moreno-Cely ◽  
Darío Cuajera-Nahui ◽  
Cesar Gabriel Escobar-Vasquez ◽  
Tom Vanwing ◽  
Nelson Tapia-Ponce
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Policy Dialogue ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Mutual Learning ◽  
Territorial Planning

AbstractThe urgent need to address the sustainability issues of the Anthropocene requires a dialogue capable of bridging different knowledge systems, values, and interests. This dialogue is considered one of the most crucial challenges in collaborative research approaches. With this research, we seek to break with monologues in collaborative research by offering a decolonising methodological approach that combines the notion of dialogue of wisdom, communication theories and ethical principles of Andean philosophy. The methodological framework, the circle of dialogue of wisdom, is the result of an iterative action–reflection process developed in a North–South collaborative research project for territorial planning in Bolivia. Our praxis confirms the potentials offered by a listening-based dialogue for (i) dealing with knowledge–power relations in collaborative research projects, (ii) promoting mutual learning and knowledge co-creation between different knowledge systems, (iii) re-valuating local and Indigenous knowledge, and (iv) decolonising the society–science–policy dialogue.

China, United States Set Science Policy Dialogue

Science ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 216 (4552) ◽  
pp. 1297-1298
Author(s):  
J. WALSH
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy Dialogue
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