{"id":177272,"date":"2015-12-11T19:23:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T00:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webadmin.news-harvard.go-vip.net\/gazette\/gazette\/?p=177272"},"modified":"2019-03-08T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T22:06:46","slug":"mapping-the-road-ahead-for-climate-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/mapping-the-road-ahead-for-climate-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the road ahead for climate research"},"content":{"rendered":"<header\n\tclass=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-article-header alignfull article-header is-style-full-width-text-below centered-image\"\n\tstyle=\" \"\n>\n\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"403\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/stavins605.jpg\" width=\"605\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p class=\"wp-element-caption--caption\">\u201cAfter the Paris talks conclude, governments may have more appetite to reconsider the IPPC\u2019s role in light of a new global climate regime in place,\u201d said Kennedy School Professor Robert Stavins on Wednesday. On Thursday, Stavins answered questions during a U.N. Climate Change Summit side panel, \u201cImplementing Paris Agreement: Innovation of Development Path,\u201d at China Pavilion.<\/p><p class=\"wp-element-caption--credit\">Courtesy of Harvard Kennedy School<\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tScience &amp; Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading \">\n\t\tMapping the road ahead for climate research\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"author wp-block-post-author__name\">\n\t\tDoug Gavel\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-post-author__byline\">\n\t\t\tHarvard Kennedy School Communications\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-11\">\n\t\t\tDecember 11, 2015\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t3 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tScholars offer ideas on ways Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change can carry out agenda\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-supporting-content alignleft supporting-content\" id=\"supporting-content-322389e9-c783-49c5-9261-4697473d5e2b\">\n\t<div class=\"featured-articles is-post-type-post is-style-grid-list\"  style=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"featured-articles__title wp-block-heading\">More like this<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"featured-articles__list \">\n\t\t\n\t\t<li class=\"featured-article \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"featured-article__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/giandomenico-magliano605.jpg?resize=1200%2C750\" class=\"attachment-large-landscape-desktop size-large-landscape-desktop\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"featured-article__category\" href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/science-technology\/\">\n\t\t\tScience &amp; Tech\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"featured-article__title wp-block-heading \"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/12\/how-climate-agreement-impacts-business\/\">How climate agreement impacts business<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"featured-article__meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"featured-article__date\" datetime=\"2015-12-11\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDecember 11, 2015\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"featured-article__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3 min read\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>PARIS \u2014 The road ahead for climate change policy will entail many twists and turns, and the need for continuous rigorous and relevant climate science will be more important than ever.\u00a0 With that framing, a group of scholars on Wednesday shared their ideas for improving the process by which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) carries out its research agenda, at a side panel at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The panel, titled \u201cThe IPCC at a Crossroads,\u201d was co-sponsored by the <a href=\"http:\/\/belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu\/project\/56\/harvard_project_on_climate_agreements.html\">Harvard Project on Climate Agreements<\/a> (HPCA) and was designed as a follow-up to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencemag.org\/content\/350\/6256\/34.full\">October 2015 article in Science<\/a>, which articulated potential opportunities for IPCC reforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssessment-making means we have to explore options which are relevant for the policymakers and the decision-makers,\u201d said Ottmar Edenhofer, director of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC).\u00a0\u201cBecause of this \u2026 social science and economics is fundamental for any kind of assessment making [and] we want to reflect about the art of assessment making under these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Charles Kolstad from the Stanford Environmental and Energy Policy Analysis Center (SEEPAC) argued that while the IPCC has \u201cproven its value,\u201d it has also received abundant criticism and must identify opportunities to improve both its processes and outputs in order to increase the impact of its research.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a lack of government support for IPCC reform in the past, according to Robert Stavins, Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and faculty director of HPCA. \u00a0\u201cAfter the Paris talks conclude,\u201d he remarked, \u201cgovernments may have more appetite to reconsider the IPPC\u2019s role in light of a new global climate regime in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlo Carrero of the University of Venice argued that the panel will need to re-think its communications strategies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBureau members and scientists need to deliver their message in a comprehensive and clear way,\u201d he said, pointing to the necessity to expand outreach strategies by using video, infographics and social media. \u201cThere is a lot to do, and this organization must learn to speak even to young people and not only to those involved in the policy process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IPCC\u2019s newly elected Chair, Hoesung Lee, responded to comments, saying that the Paris talks will be considered as \u201ca new eventful chapter in the history of climate change\u201d and that \u201cthe IPCC will provide more clear understanding of the solutions for policymakers\u201d in the years ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The side panel built not only on the article in <em>Science<\/em>, but also on a <a href=\"http:\/\/belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu\/publication\/25044\">closely related workshop<\/a> hosted by the Mercator Institute in Berlin and co-sponsored by HPCA in February 2015.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read the Kennedy School\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/hkscop21paris.tumblr.com\/\">Tumblr<\/a> for more updates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The need for continuous rigorous and relevant climate science will be more important than ever. 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