Schmidt Robert C
FernUniversität, Hagen, Germany.
J Environ Stud Sci. 2021;11(2):159-163. doi: 10.1007/s13412-021-00666-5. Epub 2021 Jan 29.
In this short paper, I look back at the early stages of the Corona crisis, around early February 2020, and compare the situation with the climate crisis. Although these two problems unfold on a completely different timescale (weeks in the case of Corona, decades in the case of climate change), I find some rather striking similarities between these two problems, related with issues such as uncertainty, free-rider incentives, and disincentives of politicians to adequately address the respective issue with early, farsighted and possibly harsh policy measures. I then argue that for complex problems with certain characteristics, it may be necessary to establish novel political decision procedures that sidestep the normal, day-to-day political proceedings. These would be procedures that actively involve experts, and lower the involvement of political parties as far as possible to minimize the decision-makers' disincentives.
在这篇短文里，我回顾了新冠危机的早期阶段，大约是2020年2月初，并将这种情况与气候危机进行比较。尽管这两个问题在完全不同的时间尺度上展开（新冠危机是数周，气候变化是数十年），但我发现这两个问题之间存在一些相当惊人的相似之处，涉及不确定性、搭便车动机以及政治家缺乏动力以早期、有远见且可能严厉的政策措施充分应对各自问题等问题。然后我认为，对于具有某些特征的复杂问题，可能有必要建立新的政治决策程序，绕过正常的日常政治程序。这些程序将积极让专家参与，并尽可能减少政党的参与，以尽量减少决策者缺乏动力的情况。
