‘IPCC-envy’: Why do other science-policy issues want an IPCC, and should they?
Year: 2024
Type: editorial
Abstract: The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been at the forefront of climate science and policy for more than 35 years. Many commentators hold up the IPCC as a model for how global knowledge should be assessed, communicated and employed in complex, transnational, public policy challenges. In this essay, I lay out some reasons why other science-policy issues might indeed be envious of the IPCC, but also suggest a number of reasons why replication of the IPCC in other topic areas might be difficult and why it might not necessarily be desirable.
Source: Dialogues on climate change.
Author: Mike Hulme
Institution: University of Cambridge
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,200
OpenAlex ID: W4404050294