Environmental / Energy Law

A Critical Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Edited by Kari De Pryck · Mike Hulme
Cambridge University Press December 2022

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ISBN-13
9781316514276
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
December 2022
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has become a hugely influential institution. It is the authoritative voice on the science on climate change, and an exemplar of an intergovernmental science-policy interface. This book introduces the IPCC as an institution, covering its origins, history, processes, participants, products, and influence. Discussing its internal workings and operating principles, it shows how IPCC assessments are produced and how consensus is reached between scientific and policy experts from different institutions, countries, and social groups. A variety of practices and discourses – epistemic, diplomatic, procedural, communicative – that make the institution function are critically assessed, allowing the reader to learn from its successes and failures. This volume is the go-to reference for researchers studying or active within the IPCC, as well as invaluable for students concerned with global environmental problems and climate governance.

Table of Contents

1. Why The Need For This Book?
M. Hulme and K. De Pryck

Part I. Governance:
2. Origin And Design
T. Skodvin
3. Procedures
O. LeClerc
F. Hartz and K. De Pryck
5. Reports
J. E. Livingston
6. Learning
S. Beck and B. Siebenhüner

Part II. Participation:
7. Participant Diversity
A. Standring
8. Early Career Researchers
K.M. Gustafsson
9. Governments
H. Hughes
10. Observers
Y. Yamineva
11. Peer Review
P.N. Edwards

Part III. Knowledges:
12. Disciplines
A.C. Petersen
13. Indigenous Knowledge Systems
B. Van Bavel, J. Petrasek MacDonald and D. Sambo Dorough
14. Climate Models
H. Guillemot
15. Scenarios
B. Cointe
16. Controversies
S. Asayama, K. De Pryck and M. Hulme

Part IV. Processes:
17. Uncertainty
J. O'Reilly
18. Integration
M. Vardy
19. Scientific Consensus-Seeking
M. Hulme
20. Governmental Approval
K. De Pryck
21. Policy Relevance And Neutrality
M. Mahony

Part V. Influence:
22. Political Context
R. Lidskog and G. Sundqvist
23. Civic Epistemologies
J.C.H. Miguel, R.R. Taddei and M. Monteiro
24. Boundary Objects
B. Lahn
25. Visuals
I. Lorenzoni and J. Harold
26. Communications
W. Pearce and A. Lindemer
27. Re-Imagining The IPCC: A Proposal
C.A. Miller
28. What Has This Book Achieved?
K. De Pryck and M. Hulme
References
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