Overview

While economic and other social science expertise is indispensable for successful public policy-making regarding global climate change, social scientists face trade-offs between the scientific credibility, policy-relevance, and legitimacy of their policy advice. From a philosophical perspective, this book systematically addresses these trade-offs and other crucial challenges facing the integrated economic assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Based on John Dewey’s pragmatist philosophy and an analysis of the value-laden nature and reliability of climate change economics, the book develops a refined science-policy model and specific guidelines for these assessments of climate policy options. The core idea is to scientifically explore the various practical implications of alternative climate policy pathways in an interdisciplinary manner, together with diverse stakeholders. This could facilitate an iterative, deliberative public learning process concerning disputed policy issues. This volume makes novel contributions to three strands of the literature: (1) the philosophy of (social) science in policy; (2) the philosophy of economics; and (3) debates about the design of scientific assessments, including the continuous IPCC reform debate. This work is thus interesting for philosophers and other scholars reflecting on the science-policy interface, but also for assessment practitioners, climate policy-makers, and economists. The science-policy approach developed in this volume has already influenced the recent socio-economic IPCC assessment.

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Author:   Martin Kowarsch
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Volume:   323
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.528kg
ISBN:  

9783319827797

ISBN 10:   3319827790
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   14 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- Part I: The Key Challenge of Integrated Economic Advice for Climate Policy.- 2. The Need for an Integrated Economic Assessment of Climate Policy Options.- 3. Fundamental Perils for Scientific Assessments.- Part II: A Philosophical Evaluation of Normative Science-Policy Models.- 4. Prevalent Action-Guiding Models of Scientific Expertise in Policy.- 5. Fact/Value Conflation and the Danger of the Traditional Models.- 6. Pragmatism: Objectivity Despite Fact/Value Entanglement.- Part III: A Critical Look at the IPCC’s Economics.- 7. Understanding and Evaluating the IAM-based Economics.- 8. Ethics in Climate Economics: Balance or Bias?.- 9. Trust Them? The Epistemic Quality of Climate Economics.- 10. An Evaluation of the IPCC WG III Assessments.- Part IV: Towards Improved Integrated Economic Assessments for Climate Policy.- 11. Elements of a Guideline for Future Integrated Economic Assessments of the IPCC.- 12. Potential Implications of the IPCC Reform: Deliberative Learning and Difficulties of In-depth Policy Assessment.    

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