TY - JOUR
T1 - What does policy-relevant global environmental knowledge do? The cases of climate and biodiversity
AU - Turnhout, E.
AU - Dewulf, A.R.P.J.
AU - Hulme, M.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - There is a surge in global knowledge-making efforts to inform environmental governance. This article synthesises the current state of the art of social science scholarship about the generation and use of global environmental knowledge. We focus specifically on the issues of scale — providing globalized representations of the environment — and relevance — providing knowledge in a form that is considered usable for decision-making. Using the examples of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Millennium Assessment, the article discusses what policy relevant global knowledge does: how it represents the environment, and how this specific form of knowledge connects with governance and policy.
AB - There is a surge in global knowledge-making efforts to inform environmental governance. This article synthesises the current state of the art of social science scholarship about the generation and use of global environmental knowledge. We focus specifically on the issues of scale — providing globalized representations of the environment — and relevance — providing knowledge in a form that is considered usable for decision-making. Using the examples of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and the Millennium Assessment, the article discusses what policy relevant global knowledge does: how it represents the environment, and how this specific form of knowledge connects with governance and policy.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.09.004
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 18
SP - 65
EP - 72
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
ER -
