Article ID: CBB445794671

The Disconnect Problem, Scientific Authority, and Climate Policy (2017)

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The disconnect problem arises wherever there is ongoing and severe discordance between the scientific assessment of a politically relevant issue, and the politics and legislation of said issue. Here, we focus on the disconnect problem as it arises in the case of climate change, diagnosing a failure to respect the necessary tradeoff between authority and autonomy within a public institution like science. After assessing the problematic deployment of scientific authority in this arena, we offer suggestions for how to mitigate climate change’s particular disconnect problem, as well as more general proposals for reforming science advising.

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Authors & Contributors
Vermeir, Koen
Johns, David Merritt
Eyal, Gil
Woods, Abigail
VandeWall, Holly R.
Siemsen, Hayo
Concepts
Authorities; experts
Authority of science
Science and government
Science and politics
Public policy
Communication of scientific ideas
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Early modern
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Japan
France
Europe
Egypt
Siberia (Russia)
Institutions
United States. President's Science Advisory Committee
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