The tragedy of climate change science

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dc.citation.issue9
dc.citation.volume14
dc.contributor.authorGlavovic BC
dc.contributor.authorSmith TF
dc.contributor.authorWhite I
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-29T22:52:18Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-03T04:55:14Z
dc.date.available2023-10-29T22:52:18Z
dc.date.available2023-11-03T04:55:14Z
dc.date.issued2022-11
dc.date.updated2023-10-23T23:47:26Z
dc.description.abstractThe science-society contract is broken. The climate is changing. Science demonstrates why this is occurring, that it is getting worse, the implications for human well-being and social-ecological systems, and substantiates action. Governments agree that the science is settled. The tragedy of climate change science is that at the same time as compelling evidence is gathered, fresh warnings issued, and novel methodologies developed, indicators of adverse global change rise year upon year. Meanwhile, global responses to Covid-19 have shown that even emergent scientific knowledge can bolster radical government action. We explore three options for the climate change science community. We find that two options are untenable and one is unpalatable. Given the urgency and criticality of climate change, we argue the time has come for scientists to agree to a moratorium on climate change research as a means to first expose, then renegotiate, the broken science-society contract.
dc.format.extent829-833
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dc.identifier.citationGlavovic BC, Smith TF, White I. (2022). The tragedy of climate change science. Climate and Development. 14. 9. (pp. 829-833).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17565529.2021.2008855
dc.identifier.eissn1756-5537
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn1756-5529
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69018
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relation.isPartOfClimate and Development
dc.rights(c) 2021 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectClimate change
dc.subjectglobal change
dc.subjectscience-society contract
dc.subjecttransformation
dc.titleThe tragedy of climate change science
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id450411
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