Petersen, Arthur C;
(2022)
Disciplines.
In: De Pryck, Kari and Hulme, Mike, (eds.)
A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
(pp. 107-115).
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, UK.
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Abstract
The knowledge that is used in IPCC assessments predominantly stems from a wide variety of academic disciplines. Given the high scientific and political profile of the IPCC, the production of knowledge in disciplines is impacted by the existence and dynamics of the IPCC assessment process. In some cases, the dynamics between academic disciplines and the IPCC is characterised by the presence of positive feedback loops, where the production of knowledge is structured and programmed by the IPCC. The subsequent findings then receive a preeminent role in later IPCC assessments, and so the cycle continues. It is important to critically reflect on these dynamics, in order to determine whether visions of climate change’s past, present, and future – for example, pathways for the climate-change problem and its potential solutions, as far as they exist – have not been unduly constrained by the IPCC process. The IPCC runs the risk of unreflexively foregrounding some scientific and policy approaches at the expense of other approaches.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Disciplines |
| ISBN-13: | 9781316514276 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781009082099.016 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009082099.016 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10166991 |
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