Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Lancet Planet Health. 2021 Aug;5(8):e553-e559. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00113-3.
Almost four decades of climate science have not yet led to transformative policy change at the pace and scale required to confront the climate crisis. Colleagues in the planetary health community attribute much potential to framing climate change as human health issue in order to create greater impact on policy makers. In this Personal View, we discuss the promise and limitations of this approach by drawing on insights from political science and public policy with regards to the complexity of these contentious policy issues. We argue that we, as academics, have a moral obligation to embrace an active role in the knowledge-to-action (KTA) sphere and that we would be well advised to expand our KTA approach to include evidence-based strategies, such as lobbying or civil resistance. As scientists, we can no longer wait to embrace the realpolitik insights of political science to move our evidence into policy action.
近四十年的气候科学研究尚未使政策发生变革，变革的步伐和规模都不足以应对气候危机。行星健康领域的同仁认为，将气候变化纳入人类健康问题的范畴，有可能对决策者产生更大的影响。在这篇个人观点中，我们通过借鉴政治科学和公共政策方面的见解，讨论了这种方法的前景和局限性，这些见解涉及这些有争议的政策问题的复杂性。我们认为，作为学者，我们有道德义务在知识转化为行动（KTA）领域发挥积极作用，我们最好扩大我们的 KTA 方法，纳入基于证据的策略，如游说或公民抗命。作为科学家，我们不能再等待接受政治科学的现实主义观点，将我们的证据转化为政策行动。
