Kouw, M;
Petersen, AC;
(2018)
Diplomacy in action: Latourian Politics and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Science and Technology Studies
, 31
(1)
pp. 52-68.
10.23987/sts.60526.
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Abstract
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reviews scientific literature on climate change in an attempt to make scientific knowledge about climate change accessible to a wide audience that includes policymakers. Documents produced by the IPCC are subject to negotiations in plenary sessions, which can be frustrating for the scientists and government delegations involved, who all have stakes in getting their respective interests met. This paper draws on the work of Bruno Latour in order to formulate a so-called ‘diplomatic’ approach to knowledge assessment in global climate governance. Such an approach, we argue, helps to make climate governance more inclusive by helping to identify values of parties involved with the IPCC plenaries, and allowing those parties to recognize their mutual interests and perspectives on climate change. Drawing on observations during IPCC plenaries, this paper argues that a Latourian form of diplomacy can lead to more inclusive negotiations in climate governance.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Diplomacy in action: Latourian Politics and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.23987/sts.60526 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.23987/sts.60526 |
| 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/1557877 |
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